Unit 4, SSWH 10 c

 Renaissance inspires exploration as early as the 1400s.  God: Desire to spread Christianity  Glory: Desire to become a hero for discovering new places  Gold: Desire to become rich and powerful (individually & nationally)

 Advances in technology made the voyages of discovery possible  Biggest Problem: European ships could not sail against the wind  Shipbuilders built new vessels: Caravel  Adopted triangular sails from the Arabs: this allowed the ships to sail against the wind  Ship became sturdier and shallower (allowing them to sail closer into shore)

 Astrolabe: an instrument sailors used to determine their location at sea (told how far north or south they were from the equator  Sextant: replaced the astrolabe in the 1700s, sailors could determine both latitude and longitude

CCompass: an instrument which allowed sailors to track direction accurately (adopted from the Chinese) NNavigation Schools: created by Prince Henry, Portugal, in 1419 – map and instrument makers, shipbuilders, scientists, and sea captains all attended his school