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Stable ships that could be controlled by a limited number of sailors, small enough to be easily maneuverable along the coast and in rivers, yet big enough to carry provisions and trade goods across long distances, were needed. New ship developments were needed for merchants and as ships improved people realized they had potential to explore.
The development of nautical sciences, including the augmentation of pre-existing techniques and tools, on the Iberian Peninsula generated new technology and had a direct, visible, and lasting effect on long range ship board navigation.
View history; General What links here; ... 16th-century Portuguese people (3 C, 155 P) ... Iberian ship development, 1400–1600; Iberian Union; M.
Category: Maritime history of Spain. ... Iberian ship development, 1400–1600; P. Pilot Major of Spain This page was last edited on 20 September 2023, at 23:24 ...
Portuguese maritime history, from the 14th C. to the 20th C. ... Black Ships; C. Gonçalo Velho Cabral; Jorge Cabral; ... Iberian ship development, 1400–1600; João ...
San Diego (ship) San Esteban (1554 shipwreck) San Miguel (1551 shipwreck) Santa Anna (1522 ship) Santa Catarina do Monte Sinai; Santa Maria de Visón (de Biscione) São Bento (carrack) São João Baptista (galleon) São Martinho (1580) Speedwell (1577 ship) English ship Squirrel (1570s) English ship Swiftsure (1573)
The Clipper Ship Flying Cloud off the Needles, Isle of Wight, off the southern English coast. Painting by James E. Buttersworth. The Maritime history of Europe represents the era of recorded human interaction with the sea in the northwestern region of Eurasia in areas that include shipping and shipbuilding, shipwrecks, naval battles, and military installations and lighthouses constructed to ...
Before hand, cartographic works had been developed through less rational methods than mathematical, such as theology and cosmology, but did include statements of geography and history as well. The beginning of the 14th century also introduced the first atlas, which was created through a series of maps being bound together. The new innovation ...