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EXPLORERS

EXPLORERS. New World Encounters. Tools of Exploration. Magnetic Compass - Chinese invention. Gave a reliable sense of direction. .

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EXPLORERS

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  1. EXPLORERS New World Encounters

  2. Tools of Exploration Magnetic Compass- Chinese invention. Gave a reliable sense of direction. Astrolabe – Greek invention. Used to find latitude by computing the distance of the sun and horizon. Could not be used on cloudy days. Difficult to use on a ship Sextant – Replaced the astrolabe. More accurate and easier to use on a ship.

  3. Viking Longship & Chinese Junk

  4. Caravel & Carrack Caravel Carrack Ships sailed by European explorers were the Carrack and Caravel. These ships used new technology such as new building techniques, sternpost rudder, square and lanteen sails (which are triangular in shape). These advances allowed the ships to sail on the oceans no matter which directions the wind was blowing.

  5. Ships of Exploration The use of the

  6. View of the WorldInfluences Exploration • Explorers were not looking for new worlds or lands • Wanted to find an easier way to reach the Orient (Asia). • Maps were of lands and not of oceans. Maps were round but not

  7. Early Maps Portolan Map - This map showed safe routes sailors could use with a compass. Began to be made in the 1300’s in Italy, Portugal and Spain. This Ptolemy Map – was an accurate land maps but oceans calculations were inaccurate. The first globe was based on the Ptolemic map. This globe also inspired many explorers to cross the ocean looking for the Orient (Asia).

  8. Reasons/ Motivations for Exploration

  9. Marco Polo • Not just a game played in the pool.

  10. Lesser KnownExplorers • Marco Polo • Amerigo Vespucci • Vikings • Zheng Ho

  11. Explorers from where?? • New World • Old World

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