Finding new sea routes for trade and exploration helped to expand people's understanding of the ocean. Fueled by potential material goals rather than "pure" science, Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal was able to establish a marine school of navigation. Henry's students were among the first since the ancient Greeks to be correct in assessing Earth's round shape, as well as estimating its circumference.

Finding new sea routes for trade and exploration helped to expand people's understanding of the ocean. Fueled by potential material goals rather than "pure" science, Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal was able to establish a marine school of navigation. Henry's students were among the first since the ancient Greeks to be correct in assessing Earth's round shape, as well as estimating its circumference.

Finding new sea routes for trade and exploration helped to expand people's understanding of the ocean. Fueled by potential material goals rather than "pure" science, Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal was able to establish a marine school of navigation. Henry's students were among the first since the ancient Greeks to be correct in assessing Earth's round shape, as well as estimating its circumference.










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Answer: false