naval exploration
Maritime voyage missions
Naval exploration is the use of ships to discover, survey, or chart unfamiliar waters and coastlines.
The term evokes the age of sail, when European powers sent expeditions to map the world's oceans and claim new territories: The era of naval exploration transformed global trade routes.
It encompasses both geographic discovery and the scientific surveying of seas.
- ColumbusOhio's seat of government
- new worldRecently discovered realm
- Pacific OceanLargest body of water
- sextantMaritime angular measurement device
- hydrographyStudy of water bodies
Magellan · trade routes · colonization · spice trade · Balboa · astrolabe · chronometer · Arctic Circle · Atlantic Ocean · uncharted waters · Cape Horn · nautical charts · scientific research · Drake · Mediterranean Sea · Indian Ocean · compass · frigate
naval explorationnaval warfare
Military operations at sea
naval blockade · merchant shipping · colonial exploitation · coastal defense · naval defense
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