Category: Education

Daily Update 2.8 Week 3: Module 2: Date 2/22/13 We learned yesterday that the most powerful tool the early navigators had was that of past knowledge, this often came in the form of charts and maps. The first world atlas was created in the 2nd century CE by the Alexandrian astronomer Ptolemy. His atlas was […]

Daily Update 2.7 Week 3: Module 2: Date 2/21/13 Now that we have learned a bit about the ships that the past explorers used let’s take a look at how these world travelers navigated. The first people who ventured out to sea stayed within sight of land. For many years this was the main strategy […]

Daily Update 2.6 Week 3: Module 2: Date 2/20/13 The Vikings have probably the most iconic design of any of the ancient ships. The Longship was the dominant ship for 3 centuries from 800-1100 A.D.

Daily Update 2.5 Week 3: Module 2: Date 2/19/13 Last week we learned about a number of different explorers and where they may have traveled. This week we are going to look at how they got there. We will start with the different types of ships they used and then examine the different tools and […]