Boats and Maps
Maps before Exploration
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Map of the World in 1493
Before western lands were discovered, this is what a world map looked like. As time went on, the Americas were added to the map.
Maps after Exploration
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After the western lands were discovered, this is what a world map would look like.
Ships
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These are the different types of ships they used
In the early period of European exploration,the ships that were used (barcas and barinels) had square sails, clumsy, and slow to respond. The reason for this was that in order to fill their sails properly, these ships had to travel into the wind at a minimum angle of 67 degrees. Thus, once the ships were caught sailing into the wind it was difficult for them to turn around. The Portuguese quickly realized that new ships and sails were needed. The new Portuguese ships were called caravelas. They used an axled rudder and earlier models had two to three masts all using lateen sails. Future versions of the ship had four masts. The fourth mast was forward (closest to the bow) and was square-rigged. Two of the ships Christopher Columbus made his voyage in were caravels, the Niña and the Pinta.