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Expanding Navigational Technology

Using the link below, complete the questions and the chart.
https://www.biography.com/explorer/henry-the-navigator

Where did Prince Henry originate from?


Porto Portugal
Where did he sponsor exploration?
Africa
Prince Henry is regarded as an originator of the _Age of Discovery___________________________ and
the Atlantic ____enslaved people trade_____________________________ .

Early Influences

Henry became fascinated with (location) _______Africa_____________________ . He developed a


desire to learn about (culture) in hopes of __________conquring __________________ them and
spreading ________Christainty ____________________ .

Significance in History
In 1415, his ships reached the _________Canary___________________ Islands, which had already been
claimed by Spain. In 1418, the Portuguese came upon the ____________Maderia________________
Islands and established a colony at ______Porto Santo______________________ .

In addition to sponsoring exploratory voyages, Henry is credited with furthering knowledge of


_________geography___________________ , _______________mapmaking_____________ , and
navigation. He started a school for navigation in _________Sagres___________________ at the
southwestern tip of Portugal where he employed __________cartographers__________________ ,
shipbuilders, and _______instrument_____________________ makers.

Henry has the distinction of being a founder of the Atlantic ________enslaved people
trade____________________ ____________________________ . Men captured several
_____________Africans_______________ and brought them back to Portugal. One of the captured men,
a _________a cheif___________________ , negotiated his own return to Africa, promising in exchange
to provide the _____________Portugese _______________ more Africans.
Expanding Navigational Technology

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Developments in Instruments for Navigation

Instrument/Ship Use Image Origin

Finding the direction a China


Compass ship is traveling

The North star or sun Ancient Greeks in 225


Astrolabe to calculate latitude, BCE
the distance north or
south of equator

To measure the Chaldens


Cross staff altitude of the horizon
to determine latitude

To measure the An English captain


Back staff attitude of the sun to named John Davis
determine latitude

For use by a single High Arctic


Inuit Kayak paddler, shell made
from skins

Used in the far north, Central Arctic


Inuit umiak holds several people

Made by First Nations were common in the


Coast Salish of the west coast of Strait of Georgia,
Dugout Puget Sound, and on
northern North
the lower Fraser
America, was a
River.
hollowed out log
Expanding Navigational Technology

Lightweight and Haudenosaunee


Haudenoshaune pointed on both ends,
hunting canoe
shell made from tree
bark, seams sealed
with tree resin to keep
it waterproof

Used to carry Appeared in the


Medieval cog passengers and cargo medieval period in the
for relatively short 10th century
distances, had a high
stern to protect
against enemies,
difficult to maneuver

Had been used for Invented by either


Arab Dhow thousands of years to Arabs or Indians
travel the Indian
Ocean, had several
triangular sails

Used by the Appeared on the costs


Caravel Portuguese for ocean of Galicia and Portugal
travel, used both
lateen and square
sails, could go fast
and be maneuvered
easily

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