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The two sailing inventions that made the Age of Exploration possible were Caravel, and the Galleon.
It didnt impact the age of exploration
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Exploration and commerce to create wealth
Techonlogical inventions which made the Age of Exploration possible included a sextant, which sailors used to navigate by the stars, and a compass.
sails and compasses
They did because of the Age Of Exploration which was a time when the countries began sailing to find gold silks and spices.
Because the ships were powered by the wind and thus needed a large crew to manage the sailing processes.
Prince Henry the navigator
he was nicknamed "the navigator" for starting off the age of exploration and for building sailing schools in Portugal to teach people the basics of sailing, mapmaking, and learning how to navigate using tools like the astrolab(spelling?)
All polar explorers between about 1899 and 1922 -- the Heroic age of Antarctic Exploration -- traveled to Antarctica by sailing ship.
Bartholomeu Dias was famous for being the first European to lead a voyage around the Cape of Good Hope. His exploration was also the first of the age of exploration. This lead to a new route to India. There were two explorers who lead explorations passed the Cape of Good Hope after that, in the Age of Exploration. Those two explorers, who were both sailing from Portugal, were Vasco da Gama, in 1497, and Pedro Álvares Cabral