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Kilgo, Chapter 2, Quizlet, 10-2-14
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In the year 1000 he was sailing from west Norway to Greenland when strong winds blew his ship off course and carried It to the North America coast.
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People: Leif Eriksson
In the year 1000 he was sailing from west Norway to Greenland when strong winds blew his ship off course and carried It to the North America coast.
People: Henry the Navigator
Henry was responsible for the advances that would make exploration more successful.
Idea: Astrolabe
a device that enables navigators to learn their ships location by charting the position of the stars.
Ideas: Caravels
ships called caravels used triangular sails that unlike traditional square sails allowed ships to sail against the wind.
People: Christopher Columbus
A sailor form Genoa, Italy that sailed the Ocean in 1492 and reached present day north America.
