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cartographer | mapmakers, who created more accurate maps & sea charts in the 1400s |
astrolabe | instrument developed by the ancient Greeks and perfected by the Arabs to etermine lattitude at sea |
caravel | a ship developed by the Portuguese that combined the square sails of European ships with the Arab triangular sails. Rigging made it easier to sail into the wind! |
scurvy | a disease caused by lack of vitamin C in the diet - many sailors died of scurvy while at sea many months |
circumnavigate | to sail around the world |
matrilineal | inheritance through the mother...an accepted custom in Southeast Asia |
stupa | dome shaped shrine - Anawrate filled Pagan with these and made Pagan a major Buddhist center |
padi | river-irrigated fertile rice field |
outpost | distant military state |
sepoy | Indian soldier in an army set up by the French or English East India company. |