HPS 336 Midterm: First Midterm study guide
29 Oct 2014
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Intellectual realm: renaissance the concept and properties of the three great ages of discovery: first great age, geographic realm: world sea, grand gesture: circumnavigation, moral drama:expansion of europe, georgraphic realm: continents. Buss was a bigger ship that had a rutter but could not steer very well square sails. Southern-dhow was used in mediterranean and china, triangular sails: caravel- used by portugal very small and maneuverable. Ideal for riding along coast: carrack- for long trips, combines square and triangular sails. Extremely large the state of the navigational arts. Pilots sailed within sight of land, navigation involved sailing out of sight of land. Knowledge at the time contained poor info, lost info, wrong info, and was costly in terms of losing ships, men and supplies. (cid:149) (cid:149) (cid:149) Jed strong smith-first to traverse to oregon by foot (cid:149) basic navigational devices available in the period.
