0
What Navigational tools were invented in the renaissance era for sailors to use?
Wiki User
∙ 12y ago
the compass, the astrolabe, the quadrant and the lead.
Wiki User
∙ 12y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What types of navigational or other tools do sailors use today?
They use thesatelliteand the computer technology
What tools did the early explorers use?
Clearly, the most important navigational tool available to sailors before was the Stella Maris.
What where the navigational tools the sailors could use during the 15th century?
Compass and astrolabe. Along with larger ships and the movable sail it allowed for exploration.
Prince Henry the navigator is known for?
Though he did not explore anything himself, he funded many expiditions and invented new inventions and navigational tools to help ships get to Asia.
What were some renaissance travel tools?
Tools developed in the Middle Ages for exploration continued to be used during the Renaissance. One of these was the astrolabe, a portable device used by sailors to help them find their way. By measuring the distance of the sun and stars above the horizon, the astrolabe helped determine latitude, an important tool in navigation. Another tool, the magnetic compass, which had been invented in the twelfth century, was improved upon during the Renaissance. During the Renaissance they used these to travle the seas. They would make these tools normally out of silver, or ivory.
What poor maps and navigational tools were to exploration?
unhelpful
What navigational tools did early people use?
The sun and the stars.
What were Vespucci's navigational tools?
Amerigo used the Astrolabe and the Quadrant
What navigational tools where used in the 1500s?
cell phones and computers (:
What is a sentence for navigational?
Navigational tools such as maps and compasses are essential for hikers to find their way through the wilderness.
What navigational tools did Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo use or invent?
hi
What navigational tools did Cortes use?
He used celestial objects and compass.
