What important developments in geography helped to foster European discovery and exploration?
A) the Catalan World Atlas
B) the elimination in maps of any references to Christianity
C) the development of latitude
D) the use of accurate maps of the time by Columbus to sail to the New World
E) the accurate reproduction and locations of continents and oceans
Ans: A
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