In other words, days are getting longer. Geologists believe that an Earth day was originally five to six hours long. If the moon had been less massive, thereby creating less drag on Earth, our planet wouldn't have slowed down as much. The day would be, perhaps, 15 hours long.
Bartolomeu Dias Born-1457 Bartolomeu DIas sponsers Almost everyone that explored in the old days had to have a sponser an the person that sponsered Bartolomeus expedition was King Henry II he sponsered this expedition because he wanted to find a new route to china to trade spices with them but instead DIas found or really discovered the southern tip of Africa an King Henry II named it Cape of Good Hope Bartolomeu Dias discoveries an characteristics Positive and Negative effects Died-1500 ...
E. Napp Europeans Search for New Trade Routes In this lesson, students will be able to define the following terms: Reasons for European Exploration of New Trade Routes Prince Henry the Navigator Bartholomeu Dias Trade With Asia During the 1300s and 1400s, Arab merchants carried goods from Asia to the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea. Other European countries wanted to profit from trade with Asia. They began to search for new trade routes. Prince Henry the Navigator was determined to help Portuguese explorers discover new trade routes. Dias was the first European explorer to circumnavigate Africa. Once Dias proved that the circumnavigation of Africa was possible, others followed.