What Important Developments in Geography Helped to Foster European Discovery

question 61

Multiple Choice

What important developments in geography helped to foster European discovery and exploration?

• A)the Catalan World Atlas
• B)the elimination in maps of any references to Christianity
• C)the development of latitude
• D)the use of accurate maps of the time by Columbus to sail to the New World
• E)the accurate reproduction and locations of continents and oceans

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