WALT
• What I am Learning to do• I have learned why explorers went on voyages of exploration• Today, I will learn the names of new ships and aids to navigation that
made longer voyages possible• I will be able to explain how the explorers travelled long distances and
found new places• I will be able to use the key words
names of new ships
Key Word MeaningCompassCaravelLanteen sailsRudderClinker built hullCompassLog and LineSwinging the leadQuadrantAstrolabePortolan ChartsMercator
Key words
Trade routes
spices voyage Great Silk Road
sponsors
Christianity Renaissance Myths & legends
AidsTo navigation
caravels
Clinker built hull
rudder Lanteen sails
compass Log & Line
Swinging the lead
knots fathoms Astrolabe Portolan charts
Primary or Secondary source?
Primary or Secondary source?
• Published in 21st century
What made voyages of exploration possible
1.Caravel
2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Clinker Built Hull
Key Word MeaningCompassCaravelLanteen sailsRudderClinker built hullCompassLog and LineSwinging the leadQuadrantAstrolabePortolan ChartsMercator
Key Word MeaningCompassCaravelLanteen sailsRudderClinker built hullCompassLog and LineSwinging the leadQuadrantAstrolabePortolan ChartsMercator
Key Word MeaningCompassCaravelLanteen sailsRudderClinker built hullCompassLog and LineSwinging the leadQuadrantAstrolabePortolan ChartsMercator
Key Word MeaningCompassCaravelLanteen sailsRudderClinker built hullCompassLog and LineSwinging the leadQuadrantAstrolabePortolan ChartsMercator
Key Word MeaningCompassCaravelLanteen sailsRudderClinker built hullCompassLog and LineSwinging the leadQuadrantAstrolabePortolan ChartsMercator
• Name Aids to Navigation in the space on the left (A)• Explain what the aid was used for on the right (B)• A B• Compass Direction• ................................... ..........................................• ................................... ..........................................• ................................... ..........................................• ................................... ..........................................• ................................... ..........................................
Oral Homework• Why people started to explore new sea routes?• What new inventions and improvements made long
sea voyages possible?• Describe a caravel.• Why were they faster? easier to steer? stronger?• Name the new instruments they had.• How did they measure speed? Depth? Direction?• What was an astrolabe / quadrant for?• What were the maps called?• Who improved the maps? How were they better?