Even coast-wise shipping in small schooners had limited capacity.

即使是沿岸航型纵帆船，其运载能力也有限。

The Englishmen then traveled down the coast where they encountered a cape which Brereton described as a mighty headland.

英国人随后沿岸航，遇到了一处布里顿形容为壮丽岬角角。

Drake had learned how those Spanish ships full of treasure just traveled up and down the Pacific coast of Central America with no real protection.

德雷克了到那些满载财宝西班牙船只只是在中美洲太平洋沿岸来回航，几乎没有真正保护。

To go from a situation where, for the most part, human beings would hug coastlines with naval vessels to going into the open ocean, venturing forth into the Atlantic or the Pacific or what have you, the Indian Ocean.

从主要依靠艇沿岸航，到敢于驶入开阔洋，探索大西洋、太平洋，或是印度洋等水域，这一转变标志着航技术飞跃。