Without the use of new technology and Henry the Navigator, the Europeans would not have been able to expand trade around the world. As the Europeans expanded trade around the world they had a surplus of supplies and were wealthy. Consequently, Europeans start to grow in population in their colonies. Henry the navigator helped the Europeans discover more land and made it easier to expand overseas. Europeans relied on the use of new technology and Henry the Navigator to expand trade around the world.
One way that helped the Europeans expand trade around the world was technology. The marine chronometer was an important piece of technology. The marine chronometer was like a clock and was used to find longitude which helped the Europeans navigate
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Henry the Navigator also known as Prince Henry was born on 1394. He was the third son of King John of Portugal. When Prince Henry was 21 years old, he was in charge of a military force that captured the Muslim outpost of Ceuta. This happened in 1415. Three years after the capture, Prince Henry founded his Sagres an institute which is on the southwestern point of Portugal and it is known as Cape Saint Vincent. The Institute had many libraries and an enormous observatory. The Institute was a place ancient geographer’s referred to as the western edge of the earth and was best described as a fifteenth century research and developing facility. Also there were ship building places and places for people working there to live. Most importantly there was a chapel in the Institute. The Institute was made to teach the activity of accurately ascertaining one's position and planning and following a route to Portuguese sailors. Also it was made to collect the spreading geographical data about the world. Spreading geographical statistics was important because it helped to improve navigational and ship equipment so the creators, so they could make money and it would help them spread Christianity worldwide. Also this helped in expanding European trade around the world. Prince Henry brought together some of the leading geographers, cartographers, astronomers, and mathematicians from all around Europe to work in his Institute. The Institute’s main goal was to make explorers able to explore west of Africa in order to find a way to Asia. A new type of ship was developed at Sagres called a Caravel. This ship was fast and was very easily moved unlike most past ships. Though the Caravel was pretty small, they were extremely useable. Nina and the Pinta were made by the famous ship maker Christopher Columbus. Henry the Navigator despite his