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← HistoryWhich navigational oversight resulted from reduced quipu readability aboard early Spanish galleons because of environmental constraints?
A)Inaccurate celestial position measurements
B)Loss topographic memory function✓
C)Compromised tidal force tracking
D)Unreliable wave interference direction
💡 Explanation
Loss of terraced topography spatial knowledge occurred with quipu failures; Knot degradation, insect damage, and dye fading impaired the encoding, therefore limiting spatial recall, rather than erroneous instrument data or wave calculations.
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