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 ...
Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer who first discovered that the West Indies and Brazil were not part of Asia as initally thought, but rather a whole new continent. The new continent was named America, which is believed to be derived from his first name. Vasco da Gama (1460-1524) Nationality: Portuguese Known For: First European to reach India by sea Vasco da Gama commanded the very first ships that sailed nonstop from Europe to India. This voyage also made him the first European to get to India by sea. His finding of this route led to great increases in trade and boosted the Portuguese economy. Francisco Pizarro (1471-1541)