Technical innovations that made sailing easier in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries included
A) a rudimentary form of steam engine.
B) mechanical clocks.
C) the fly compass and the astrolabe.
D) better oars.
E) the ability to chart with the use of latitude.
Ans: C
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