How did people travel in 1300s?
How did people travel in 1300s? Given the inevitable damage of weather and use, it was in many ways easier to travel long distances by horseback than by cart, carriage, or other wheeled vehicle. Men in particular would only ride in a wagon if old or sick—and a wealthy person who could not ride would likely travel in a litter, borne by two horses.
How did medieval people navigate?
The earliest navigators coasted from headland to headland; they did not require charts until adoption of the magnetic compass made it possible to proceed directly from one port to another. The earliest record of the magnetic compass in Europe (1187) is followed within a century by the earliest record of a sea chart.