The astrolabe helped magellan because its a sailing tool. im not exactly sure, but im pretty sure it tells you what lattitude your at, either way it helped him circumnavigate the world, proving that it was round.
An astrolabe helped sailors because it could determine any direction based on the position of the stars. This is why the astrolabe helped sailors.
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it helped them locate their latitude
A possible reason the astrolabe was invented was as a means to help predict the positions of the sun and stars for Astrology, which was thought to govern the lives of men.
It enabled explorers to determine their position.
It enabled explorers to determine their position.
Astrolabe
An Astrolabe.
compass, and the astrolabe
== == the astrolabe is to find the altitude of a stellar object
The word astrolabe is a noun. The plural is astrolabes.
astrolabe=star+mechanical clock