FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
PRE COLUMBIAN AMERICA
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navigation ship
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caravel
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astrolabe
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compass
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Detailed explanation-1: -The European-Asian sea route, commonly known as the sea route to India or the Cape Route, is a shipping route from the European coast of the Atlantic Ocean to Asia’s coast of the Indian Ocean passing by the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Agulhas at the southern edge of Africa.
Detailed explanation-2: -Between 1100 CE and 1400 CE new technologies emerged which helped early sailors. The astrolabe helped sailors measure objects in the sky such as stars, planets, the moon and sun. After measurements were taken, the use of star charts then helped sailors to determine their location.
Detailed explanation-3: -Contents. In 1488, Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias (c. 1450-1500) became the first European mariner to round the southern tip of Africa, opening the way for a sea route from Europe to Asia.
Detailed explanation-4: -The magnetic compass was first invented as a device for divination as early as the Chinese Han dynasty and Tang dynasty (since about 206 BC). The compass was used in Song dynasty China by the military for navigational orienteering by 1040–44, and was used for maritime navigation by 1111 to 1117.