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

即使是沿岸航行的小型纵帆船，其运载能力也有。

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

英人随后沿岸航行，遇到了一处布里顿形容为壮丽岬角的海角。

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的西班牙船只只是在中美洲的太平洋沿岸来回航行，有真正的保护。

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.

从主要依靠海军舰艇沿岸航行，到敢于驶入开阔的海洋，探索大西洋、太平洋，或是印度洋等水域，这一转变标志着航海技术的飞跃。