Which navigational oversight resulted from reduced quipu readability aboard early Spanish galleons because of environmental constraints?

💡 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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