Question

What kind of problems do you think sailors and explorers faced before the invention of maps and globes ?
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Answer 1

Answer:

Sailors had to accept cramped conditions, disease, poor food and pay, and bad weather. Over a period of hundreds of years, seafarers from the age of the early explorers to the time of the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, shared many common experiences.

Answer 2

Sailors and explorers got lost at the sea before the invention of maps and globes.  

Explanation:  

• Before the development of maps and globes, not only sailors but all explorers also face various problems.  
• There was no surety as to the direction in which they were moving. Due to this many sailors and explorers have lost their way.
• Before the development of maps, the sailors and explorers could not identify the route to the place they wanted to visit.
• More efforts and time were consumed for the journey.
• There were unidentified threats and dangers due to the absence of maps and globes.