Renaissance+and+Reformation+Invention

invention created in 1605 to determine the latitude of a ship at sea. Christopher Columbus is one of the most well-known explorers to use this device. Three events take place in the day of using an astrolabe. At sunrise the sailor uses the astrolabe to observe the stars around the sun. At noon the astrolabe is held waist-high to determine the degrees above the horizon the sun is. In the afternoon this information is put together with the help of the Rules of the Astrolabe. || This is a model of a 15th century caravel. A caravel is a type of a ship with three masts. The three masts made it more manueverable due to the combination of triangle and square masts. The caravel was also sturdy enough to sail across the long oceans. Prince Henry the Navigator helped put this invention together. ||
 * **The Mariner's Astrolabe** || **Caravel** ||
 * [[image:The_Mariner's_Astrolabe.jpg]] || [[image:Caravel.jpg width="441" height="310"]] ||
 * This is a photograph of an astrolabe. The astrolabe is an