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Arab maps primarily focused on the Mediterranean and Persia, whereas Western navigators needed to know the Atlantic Coast, the New World, and the area around India and Southeast Asia. Arab Maps were poor or extremely innacurate in these areas. Some of them even postulated that Africa connected with Antarctica.
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Did navigators in the 1800s use maps?
Yes and by the 1800's they were pretty good maps.
How the navigators and sailor use magnetic compass in preparing route maps?
how the navigators and sailors use compass to find direction
How navigators and sailors use magnetic compass in preparing route maps?
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Make maps. Specifically to map a route around Africa to Asia.
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