ENVIRON 222 Midterm: Study Guide Exam 1
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Early ocean exploration in mediterranean and polynesia, places visited, approximate dates, and navigational advances. Minoan civilization considered the first recorded civilization to use boats (~3000 bce) Phoenicians next great sea power (~1100 to 850 bce) Based in what is now israel, syria, and lebanon. Voyaged through the mediterranean as far north as the. Greek mathematician pythagoras declared earth was round (~550. Herodotus rendered in ~450, one of the first high quality maps. Greek geographer and explorer pythaes (4th century bce) East-west proportions (longitude) distorted due to lack of chronometer. Used incorrect value for earth"s circumference, led columbus to believe he had landed in asia. Double hulled canoes made from wood and reeds and used to explore the pacific. Large islands of western pacific colonized ~2500 bce. Subsequent migration to samoa, tahiti, and marquesas by ~200 bce. Marquesas are 70 degrees east of larger islands ~8000 km.
