Question

An invention of the Renaissance that helped sailors to accurately maneuver their ships is: the astrolabe the sundial the anchor the wheel

Answer 1

The correct answer is the Astrolabe

It is an elaborate inclinometer used by astronomers, navigators, and others who want to predict the movement and the positioning of the sun, the moon, the planets, and the stars. 

Answer 2

An invention of the Renaissance that helped sailors to accurately maneuver their ships is the astrolabe. Option A is correct.

An astrolabe is an inclinometer that in the past, astronomers and navigators implemented in order to measure the altitude above the horizon of a celestial body, day or night. It serves to identify stars or planets, to determine local latitude given local time, to survey, or to triangulate.