People went exploring because of what laws? primogeniture `name`: Device that helps sailors go in correct direction, invented in `place` name: Magnetic Compass place: China `person` helped Europeans know depth of tide due to advances in `field` person: Newton field: gravity `name`: Steering mechanims, invented in `place` name: Rudder place: China `name`: Device that tells distance from equator (improved by `group`) name: Astrolabe group: Islam `name`: Device that allows turning against the wind, from `group` name: Lateen sail group: Islam Field that improved, allowing sailors to figure out where they were better Cartography `name`: Thing that helped Europeans conquered, invented in `place` name: Gunpowder place: China `name`: Light type of boat invented by `place` name: caravel place: Portugal