Editing The Age of Exploration (section)

== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Applying</span> ==
'''Modeling 'The Navigation Challenge' (Predicting a ship's success based on tech and timing):'''
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def predict_voyage_success(ship_type, navigation_tech, season):
    """
    Shows why 'Tech' was the secret to survival.
    """
    success_chance = 0
    if ship_type == "Caravel": success_chance += 40
    if "Compass" in navigation_tech: success_chance += 20
    if "Astrolabe" in navigation_tech: success_chance += 20
    if season == "Spring": success_chance += 20 # Better winds
    
    if success_chance >= 90:
        return f"Chance: {success_chance}% | VERDICT: You reach the 'New World' and return as a Hero."
    elif success_chance >= 60:
        return f"Chance: {success_chance}% | VERDICT: You reach land, but half the crew dies of Scurvy."
    else:
        return f"Chance: {success_chance}% | VERDICT: Lost at sea. You fall off the 'Edge' (or hit a storm)."

# A 1420s voyage: Basic ship, no astrolabe, winter
print(predict_voyage_success("Galley", ["Compass"], "Winter"))
# A 1490s voyage: Caravel, all tech, spring
print(predict_voyage_success("Caravel", ["Compass", "Astrolabe"], "Spring"))
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; Exploration Landmarks
: '''Prince Henry the Navigator''' → The Portuguese prince who built a "School of Navigation," bringing together the world's best map-makers and ship-builders.
: '''Tenochtitlan (1521)''' → The fall of the Aztec capital to the Spanish, marking the end of the "Post-Classic" era in the Americas.
: '''Potosí''' → A "Mountain of Silver" in modern-day Bolivia that produced 80% of the world's silver, making Spain the richest (and most "Inflated") empire on Earth.
: '''The First 'Map' of the Americas (1507)''' → The Waldseemüller Map, the first to use the name "America" (named after Amerigo Vespucci, who realized it was a "New World," not India).
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