Did Explorers Plant Flags?
During the Age of Exploration European Rulers Wanted to Spread Their Power to the New World. They Paid Explorers to Sail to and Claim New Land. Once an...
During the Age of Exploration European rulers wanted to spread their power to the New World. They paid explorers to sail to and claim new land. Once an explorer reached a new land, they planted a flag to claim, or take, the land for their country.
What were explorers looking for?
Along with the idea of looking for new trade routes, they also hoped to find new sources of gold, silver, and other valuables. Additionally, Europeans saw exploration as a way to bring Christianity to other cultures that lived in other lands.
What did early explorers take with them?
- Stars and the Astrolabe. Phoenician explorer-navigators sailed from the Mediterranean along the coast of Europe and Africa, keeping land in their sights. ...
- Cross-staffs and Back-staffs. ...
- Lodestones and Compasses. ...
- Sandglasses and Chip-logs. ...
- The Quadrant Device. ...
- The Traverse Boards.
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