๐๐ฑ๐ช๐น๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป โถ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฝ Flashcards
1
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Tools
Astrolabe
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Ancient Greek instrument that was used to find latitude.
2
Q
People
Henry the Navigator
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Never acutally went anywhere. He paid others to travel for him.
3
Q
Tools
Hourglass
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Measures time
4
Q
Tools
Backstaff or Quandrant
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Measured the angle of the sun to horizon
5
Q
Tools
Cross Staff
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Measured the angle of the sun to horizon
6
Q
People
Bartolomeu Dias
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Sailed to the southern tip of Africa.
7
Q
People
Christopher Columbus
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Columbus went ashore on San Salvador (an island in the Carribean Sea).
8
Q
People
Ferdinand Magellan
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Traveled along the South Americaโs eastern coast, searching for route to Asia.
9
Q
People
Giovanni da Verrazano
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Verrazano explored and mapped much of the eastern coast of North America.
10
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People
John Cabot
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Explored the North American coasts of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia.
