How Did ‘Maps’ Help Explorers Find New Lands?

Imagine you're playing a game where you have to find a treasure hidden far away. A map is like a hint that shows the path from your starting point to the treasure. Explorers used maps as their hints, guiding them across oceans and unknown lands.

A map is like a picture of the world or part of it. It shows where things are, cities, mountains, rivers, and even islands. When explorers set out on long journeys, they used maps to know where they were going and how far they had traveled.

Explorers would look at their map and follow the lines or symbols that showed roads, coasts, or stars in the sky. These helped them stay on track even when there was no land around.