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The Technology of Early
Exploration
These are some of the advancements that
led to early exploration as a result of the
thinker of renaissance period.
The Compass
• The first compass came from the Han Dynasty of
China and was probably not used for navigation but
more for construction and Architecture
The Bearing Compass
• Was used for the purpose of navigation. It was
created by placing the resource of the a mineral
called lodestone (a magnetic stone) in the pointer
of a compass which magnetically lines up with the
magnetic field of the earth.
Astrolabe
• Was an instrument used for locating the position of
the sun, moon and stars through triangulation,
similar to the process used for surveying. The
instrument was first used by Muslims.
Astrology
• Astronomy is a natural science that deals with the
study of celestial objects. Objects such as stars,
planets, comets, nebulae (interstellar cloud ex.
Milky Way), star clusters and galaxies and other
phenomena that originate outside the Earth's
atmosphere and their relationship with each other.
• Not to be confused with astrology the
pseudoscience of the position of celestial bodies
influencing Earth’s life.
Ursa
Major
(Big
Dipper)
Polaris
(North
Star)
Cassiopeia
(opposite
of Big
Dipper)
Caravel
• A caravel is a small, highly maneuverable sailing ship
developed in the 15th century by the Portuguese to
explore along the West African coast and into the
Atlantic Ocean. The lateen is the triagular sail founf
near the back of the boat
Tiller
Rudder
Helm
Beginning of the Columbian Exchange
• The exchange of goods and products between the
Americas and Europe as a result of Christopher
Columbus’s discovery of the New World and the
route to it.