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Exploring the World: Understanding Distances from Murray and Beyond

Discover the expansive distances from Murray, KY to various landmarks, showcasing how these measurements can put our world into perspective. From a mere 1 mile to an astonishing 93 million miles to the Sun, this exploration highlights the connections between local travels and cosmic journeys. Learn about the historical motivations behind exploration during the Age of Exploration, including the pursuit of spices, navigational advancements, and technological innovations in cartography and shipbuilding. Join us in appreciating the vastness of our world and beyond!

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Exploring the World: Understanding Distances from Murray and Beyond

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  1. Age of Exploration

  2. How Big is Your World? • How far is it across Murray? (Glendale Rd. to Wal-Mart) • 1 mile • 2 miles • 5 miles • 10 miles

  3. How Big is Your World? • How far is it across Murray? (Glendale Rd. to Wal-Mart) • 2 miles

  4. From Murray to Paducah? • 15 miles • 20 miles • 40 miles • 70 miles

  5. From Murray to Paducah? • 40 miles • Or 20 Murrays

  6. Murray to Chicago? • 100 miles • 150 miles • 200 miles • 400 miles • 1000 miles

  7. Murray to Chicago? • 400 miles • Or 200 Murrays

  8. Across the United States? • 1000 miles • 3000 miles • 5000 miles • 10000 miles

  9. Across the United States? • 3000 miles • Or 1500 Murrays

  10. Around the Earth? • 10000 miles • 15000 miles • 25000 miles • 1000000 miles

  11. Around the Earth? • 25000 miles • Or 12500 Murrays

  12. From the Earth to the Sun? • 93 million miles • Or 46.5 million Murrays

  13. From the Sun to the nearest Star? • 4.2 Light Years • Or 24,690,246,000,000 miles • Or 12,345,123,000,000 Murrays

  14. To the farthest thing we’ve seen? • A Quasar • 10-15 billion Light Years • May be some further • There hasn’t been enough time since the beginning of time for our sunlight to get there.

  15. Major Motivations • The Three G’s • Spices (Spice Trade of East Asia) • No refrigeration • Boatload of pepper possibly worth more than a boatload of gold

  16. Other Motivations

  17. Other Motivations • Sickness (Bubonic Plague in Portugal during second half of 14th Century) • Renaissance

  18. Technology • Compass (Chinese) • Prior to this Europeans just followed the coasts

  19. Technology • Astrolabe (Arab) • Measures the angle between a star and the horizon • Measures how high it is in the sky • Gives you latitude

  20. Technology • New tools lead to improvements in… • Cartography • Map-making • Medieval maps had been useless

  21. Technology • Shipbuilding • Lateen (Arab) • Triangle shaped sail • Allows one to sail into the wind (tacking)

  22. Technology • Gunpowder (Chinese) • Primitive and highly inaccurate not to mention dangerous • Still a big advantage • Cannons

  23. Technology = Caravel

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