What Important Developments in Geography Helped to Foster European Discovery

question 53

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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