RHETOR 151 Chapter 1: R151 Reading 1:19 (2)
19 Jan 2017
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Pedro nunes 1537: portuguese had discovered new islands, new lands, new seas, new peoples . This signified a new astronomical knowledge - precise description of skies and exact measurements of stars to locate unknown landmasses and situates ships. Ability to establish latitude as proof of discovery. Behind concept of discovery lay portugal"s pioneering of the science of nautical astronomy. P created both modern nautical astronomy and tech of establishing latitude. First recorded contact between p and people of brazil. No symbols of euro sovereignty unfurled, no ceremonies. Master john reported the exact latitude of the discovery, making the first accurate euro depiction of the most famous constellation in all the new skies, the southern cross. P became first euros to regularly observe southern skies and first to mathematically track its apparent movement through the skies to use it for celestial navigation.
