European exploration, exploration of regions of Earth for scientific, commercial, religious, military, and other purposes by Europeans, beginning about the 4th century BCE.
No clue what to say to this, i've seen it posted on this website here before tho
The scale does. When you know the scale it is easy to calculate the real distance. If the scale is 1 : 1000, that means that 1cm on the map is equal to 1000cm in real life.
