Assertion: archipelago's isolation | /r/HasProperty | needed as stopping port
Facets:
value: for lengthy sail voyages
type: PURPOSE
value: no longer
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: However, the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, together with the gradual transition from sailing ships to coal-fired steam ships, increased the isolation of the islands, which were no longer needed as a stopping port for lengthy sail voyages, or for shelter for journeys from Europe to East Asia.