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Vocabulary

Vocabulary. Europeans Explore the East. Caravel. A type of, small, fast, Spanish or Portuguese sailing ship of the 15th–17th centuries. Astrolabe.

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Vocabulary

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  1. Vocabulary Europeans Explorethe East

  2. Caravel • A type of, small, fast, Spanish or Portuguese sailing ship of the 15th–17th centuries.

  3. Astrolabe • An instrument used to make astronomical measurements, typically of the altitudes of celestial bodies, and in navigation for calculating latitude. It consists of a disk with the edge marked in degrees and a pivoted pointer.

  4. Treaty of Tordesillas • Signed at Tordesillas, Spain, on 7 June 1494 and authenticated at Setúbal, Portugal. It divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe between Portugal and Spain along a meridian 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde islands.

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