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- compass
- a device for determining directions by means of a magnetic needle pointing to the magnetic north
- caravel
- a small 15th and 16th century ship with a broad bow, a high stern, and three or four masts
- legendary
- well-known, famous
- astrolabe
- an instrument for observing the positions of heavenly bodies that was used before the sextant was invented
- quadrant
- an arc of 90° : one quarter of a circle
- lateen sails
- a sailing rig of the Mediterranean having a triangular sail extended by a long pole attached to a short mast
- compassion
- sorrow or pity caused by the suffering or misfortune of another; sympathy
- reconcile
- to settle by agreement; to cause to give in or accept
- conviction
- a strong belief or opinion
- persecution
- the act of treating continually in a way meant to be cruel or harmful; especially : to cause to suffer because of belief