The charts containing detailed information on coastal contours, distances between ports, and compass readings were called
a. astrolabes.
b. caravels.
c. portolani.
d. horoscopes.
e. sea charts.
c
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a. the Habsburg Empire b. the Persian Empire c. the Chinese Empire d. the Ottoman Empire e. the British Empire
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