Technological Innovations

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Caravel

  • Better navigators for coastal and shallow areas given their small size

  • Fast, highly maneuverable, and included mostly lateen sails

  • Portuguese

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Lateen Sails

  • Arabs

  • Triangular sail

  • Flexible in varying wind conditions because it captured wind from both sides

  • Coastal navigation and trade routes

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Carrack

  • Larger, sturdier ships for carrying cargo

  • Better navigators for the open ocean on long-distance voyages

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Fluyt (Dutch)

  • Cargo carrying ship which was cheaper to operate than contemporary warships

  • Pear-shaped hull and square rigging

  • Dutch DOMINATED international trade

  • Design was later adapted for naval use

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Magnetic Compass (China)

  • During Han Dynasty

  • Adapted to become a navigation device in the Song Dynasty

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Astronomical Charts

  • Determined latitude and direction on open sea

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Astrolabe

  • Simplified astronomical chart

  • Determined latitude by measuring altitude of celestial bodies while at sea