The storage of food and water first and foremost, as both spoiled on ships of the period. Secondly, one would worry about getting lost. No GPS and no actual way to tell where you are if a wind or storm blew you slightly off course. Imagine how impossible it would be for a ship to travel in a perfectly straight line whilst traveling the entire span of the Atlantic, Pacific, or even smaller bodies of water such as the Mediterranean.
silicate minerals are far more making more than 90% that includes feldspars, quartz and mica. additionally non- silicate make the last 10% so, that includes carbonates like. limestone,and marble,sulfates like gypsum and halides, like table salt.
Farms in New England colonies where colder climate so they grew lumber. While in the middle colonies there was more fertile soil. So they grew stuff like grains and tobaccos, to match the hotter climate.
