Advances in shipbuilding allow ships to travel longer distances
12th to 13th Century
Great! These new triangular sails will make the ship capable of going at half winds! This will help the trip get shorter, which is what I want.
The captain seems to be overly excited about the stern rudder, some sort of chinese thing that will allow us to easily change the direction of our ship!
Wow, they say that this brand new ship called the caravel is highly maneuverable and can hold a lot of cargo and crew! Splendid!
Yeah
12th to 13th Century
Nice! Thanks to this astrolabe I calculated where we are in this gargantuan ocean!
Imagine life without the compass, the device that lets us know in which direction we're heading.
It's so great how much information and science we are recieving so quickly!
Advances with navigational tools allow for better discovering
Interesting,,, One of these will be very usefull next time we set sail.
Sir, the latest maps have included ocean currents, latudute, and longtitude in them!
Cartographers include ocean currents and latitude/longtitude lines improving mapmaking
1200's
Europeans begin to use the magnetic compass
This brand new magnet allows me and the whole ship to know in which direction we are heading!
Hey! How come you get to play with all the cool magnet thingy! I have always wanted to do something cool for once...
1416
Prince Henry the Navigator opens up his navigation school in Sagres, Portugal
I can't wait to go in!
SCHOOL OF NAVIGATION
Greetings! I am Henry the Navigator! Here is where I built my school of navigation, where people come to study about sailing.
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