5.2.1 The Rise of Maritime Nations

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a device for navigation that used constellations as a guide and enabled mariners to find their north–south position on the earth’s surface
astrolabe
a practice in which one group of people attempts to establish control over another group, usually for purposes of economic exploitation
colonialism
Spanish explorers in the Americas during the Age of Exploration
conquistadors
a system of coerced labor based on a grant by the Spanish Crown that entitled conquistadors to the labor of specified numbers of Indigenous people
encomienda

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