As described earlier, the human spirit was awakening to find, the world was far vaster than anyone had ever imagined. Many countries began exploring every which way they could. Many were on voyages to find India by sea route, the land route was fine and dandy, but littered with bandits who lurked about waiting to raid precious stores of expensive items. Marco Polo had begun to explore young, his uncle was an explorer and told him all about his travels. There is some debate about whether or not Marco actually sailed or not. Christopher Columbus the famous man who “found” America. He was in fact looking for India, but found North America, a completely different continent (Hub Pages, 2013). Vasco De Gama was the explorer to find India, and chart it, or create a map to it. Maps were becoming very valuable, but with one error, travelers looked at stars for help directing themselves and surly on open sea you would too, but how does one see the stars during a storm? You don’t, that is why an invention called the ‘astrolabe’ was invented to help sailors find dew north (Hub Pages, 2013). The Renaissance was a huge ordeal that caused major outbreak in society. An honest to God “to be or not to be” if you please. To be Catholic, or Protestant? Or maybe even just a scientist who told God that he didn’t exist! The revert back to ‘ancient’ philosophical thought caused many Renaissance period writers to format their themes to love and challenging authority. The Renaissance ignited a hunger for exploration, fed the fires of a new religion, and nurtured the educative process of science and
As described earlier, the human spirit was awakening to find, the world was far vaster than anyone had ever imagined. Many countries began exploring every which way they could. Many were on voyages to find India by sea route, the land route was fine and dandy, but littered with bandits who lurked about waiting to raid precious stores of expensive items. Marco Polo had begun to explore young, his uncle was an explorer and told him all about his travels. There is some debate about whether or not Marco actually sailed or not. Christopher Columbus the famous man who “found” America. He was in fact looking for India, but found North America, a completely different continent (Hub Pages, 2013). Vasco De Gama was the explorer to find India, and chart it, or create a map to it. Maps were becoming very valuable, but with one error, travelers looked at stars for help directing themselves and surly on open sea you would too, but how does one see the stars during a storm? You don’t, that is why an invention called the ‘astrolabe’ was invented to help sailors find dew north (Hub Pages, 2013). The Renaissance was a huge ordeal that caused major outbreak in society. An honest to God “to be or not to be” if you please. To be Catholic, or Protestant? Or maybe even just a scientist who told God that he didn’t exist! The revert back to ‘ancient’ philosophical thought caused many Renaissance period writers to format their themes to love and challenging authority. The Renaissance ignited a hunger for exploration, fed the fires of a new religion, and nurtured the educative process of science and