Portuguese barques begin to travel around the Mediterranean, trading around and sometimes influencing scholars to come back to Portugal.
Portuguese ships also begin to poke around the African region, trading from their territory in Morrocco. They also build a fort there, and continually supply it.
i honestly feel bad for you because you think that because he put 24 hours he expects us to have like a second watch slapped on our wrist and that we have be exactly right, no whistle needs to be blown because you're just overreacting to something ridiculously miniscule
Except he isn't saying "once a day". He obviously isn't expecting you to be on track, but by putting a select measurement of an earth day, he is basically saying "keep you research time and be at the very least accurate."
5 hours off isn't a stop watch that goes into the miliseconds, 'nor is it "rediculously miniscule." It is the difference between uncooked piece of stuff ribs and very tender ribs. Difference between 10 AM in the morning and 3 PM.