The science and technology of navigation revolutionized in Europe after the mid-15th century. Describe the main developments in nautical science and...

 The science and technology of navigation revolutionized in Europe after the mid-15th century. Describe the main developments in nautical science and technology from the 1450s to the 1550. Explain the scientific, technological, social, and economic results of this nautical revolution. (Read: Gregory, Jane, "Technology and the Natural Sciences" in Donald F. Lach, Asia in the Making of Europe, vol. 2, 1977, pp. 397-427.)