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| - | :''[[Orientalism]]'' | + | '''Navigation''' is a field of study that focuses on the process of monitoring and controlling the movement of a craft or vehicle from one place to another. |
| - | The '''Age of Discovery''' or '''Age of Exploration''' was a period from the early [[15th century]] and continuing into the early [[17th century]], during which [[Europe]]an ships traveled around the world in search of new trading routes and partners to feed burgeoning [[capitalism]] in Europe. They also were in search of trading goods such as [[gold]], [[silver]] and [[spices]]. In the process, Europeans encountered peoples and mapped lands previously unknown to them. Among the most famous [[exploration|explorer]]s of the period were [[Christopher Columbus]], [[Vasco da Gama]], [[Ferdinand Magellan]] and Captain [[James Cook]]. | + | |
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| - | The Age of Exploration was rooted in new technologies and ideas growing out of the [[Renaissance]]. These included advances in [[cartography]], [[navigation]], firepower and shipbuilding. Many people wanted to find a route to Asia through the west of Europe. The most important development was the invention of first the [[carrack]] and then [[caravel]] in [[Iberian Peninsula|Iberia]]. These vessels evolved from [[medieval]] European designs with a fruitful combination of Mediterranean and North Sea designs and the addition of some Arabic elements. They were the first ships that could leave the relatively placid and calm [[Mediterranean]] and sail safely on the open [[Atlantic]]. | + | |
| - | ==See also== | + | |
| - | *[[Exploration]] | + | |
| - | *[[Terra incognita]] | + | |
| - | *[[Major explorations after the Age of Discovery]] | + | |
| - | *[[Maritime history]] | + | |
| - | *[[Age of Sail]] | + | |
| - | *[[Russian conquest of Siberia]] | + | |
| - | *[[Vermeer's Hat: The Seventeenth Century and the Dawn of the Global World]] | + | |
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Navigation is a field of study that focuses on the process of monitoring and controlling the movement of a craft or vehicle from one place to another.
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