The Discovery of the Sea |
Contents
A RELIABLE SHIP | 3 |
FINDING THE WAY AT SEA | 24 |
THE OCEANS OF THE WORLD IN BOOKS | 42 |
THE TIES OF TRADE | 63 |
WEST AFRICA AND THE ISLANDS | 95 |
TECHNICAL PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS | 139 |
THE INDIAN OCEAN CROSSING | 164 |
A NEW WORLD? | 209 |
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Africa African coast altitude Arab Arguim Asia Atlantic became Calicut Canaries canoes Cão Cape Bojador Cape St caravels Castile Ceuta chart China Chinese Christian chronicles Cipangu coastal Columbus Columbus's command commercial compass continent course degrees Dias Diogo Diogo Cão discovery distance early fifteenth east Elmina Europe European expedition exploration farther fifteenth century fishing fleet fourteenth century Gama's Genoese geographical gold Guinea Gulf harbor Hispaniola hundred India Indian Ocean Italian King known land lateen later latitude Lisbon longitude Madeira Magellan Malacca maritime Mediterranean merchants miles Moluccas Muslim navigation northern passage port portolan charts Portugal Portuguese Prester John primitive Prince Henry probably Ptolemy river route rulers sailed seagoing seamen ships sight sixteenth southern Spain Spanish spices strait Sudan surviving tion trade tuguese tury Vasco da Gama Venetians Vespucci vessels voyage western wind Zamorin