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background in the 1450s, the only way to india from europe involved traveling through turkey, but explorers in portugal and spain began to look at alternate sea routes. columbuss search brought europe into contact with north and south america. his voyages took him from lisbon, portugal, to palos, spain, and the canary islands before he crossed the atlantic. he landed first on the island of san salvador. this account begins nine days after columbus landed there. sunday, oct. 21st 1492. at 10 oclock, we arrived at a cape of the island, and anchored, the other vessels in company. after having dispatched a meal, i went ashore, and found no habitation save a single house, and that without an occupant; we had no doubt that the people had fled in terror at our approach, as the house was completely furnished. i suffered nothing to be touched, and went with my captains and some of the crew to view the country. this island even exceeds the others in beauty and fertility. groves of lofty and flourishing trees are abundant, as also large lakes, surrounded and overhung by the foliage, in a most enchanting manner. everything looked as green as in april in andalusia. the melody of the birds was so exquisite that one was never willing to part from the 1. the island san salvador 2. andalusia (an da loo zha) a region of spain a critical viewing the astrolabe was an invention that made the age of exploration possible. what features of this one suggest that it is an instrument of navigation? support vocabulary builder exquisite (eks kwi zit) adj. very beautiful; delicate; carefully wrought

Explanation:

The astrolabe was used for navigation during the age of exploration. It could measure the altitude of celestial bodies like the sun and stars above the horizon. This measurement was crucial for determining latitude, which helped explorers figure out their position on the globe and plot their sea - routes accurately.

Answer:

The astrolabe could measure the altitude of celestial bodies to determine latitude for navigation.