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Dourado, Fernando Vaz, 16th Century – 1576 Atlas
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Map from Mahmud al-Kashgari’s Diwan (11th century)
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Psalter World Map, c.1265
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Ebstorfer World Map, c.1235
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1154 World Map by Moroccan Cartographer al-Idrisi for King Roger of Sicily
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Europe and Northern Africa Portolan Atlas 1547
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Early Maritime Navigation – Compass Lesson & Europe Classroom Activity Europe and northern Africa. HM 29. PORTOLAN ATLAS, anonymous (Dieppe, 1547) Europe and northern Africa. HM 29. PORTOLAN AT…
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Zhenghe-sailing-chart
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Early Maritime Navigation – Classroom Activity Asia Folder Part of the Wubei Zhi chart of Zheng He showing the west coast of India along the top, Ceylon top right and Africa along the bottom. The s…
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Compass Hands-on Activity
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Early Maritime Navigation Inquiry Unit Compass Lesson Plan - Supporting Question 3 Task With a towel placed over their heads and the only visual being that of a magnetized needle, set on a plasti…
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Early Maritime Navigation
The open sea is a never-ending desert of water – the same in all directions. How did ancient mariners cross the ocean without GPS? The principles behind “modern” innovations used by our GPS-enab…
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