One thing that really interested me in chapter 12 was The Waldseemüller Map of 1507. In this photo it shows that Africa and Europe are the center of the earth, and America is just a small sliver of a land mass. It is interesting to me that in just a small amount of time how much we have learned about our earth, and even past our earth into space now. Also interesting to me is how far Portugal traveled to be involved in the Sea Road. Map 12.3 shows the sea route of the Portuguese all the way around Africa into the Indian Ocean. The book talks about the sailor Vasco da Gama, a sailor that I had heard about before but I didn’t know too much specific information about. The book talked about his voyage around South Africa, along the East African coast, and how with the help of a Muslim pilot, he made it into southern India after crossing the Indian Ocean. Overall I think reading about Europe in the 15th century was the most interesting to me, most likely because that is my origins.
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