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- Bartholemu Dias
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Portugal
1488
Sailed around the southern tip of Africa - Christopher Columbus
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From Italy sailed for Spain
1492-1504
Discovered new world for Europeans, made four trips to West Indies - Ferdinand Magellan
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Portugal
1519-1522
First European to circle the world - Juan Ponce de Leon
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spain
1513
1st European to set foot in Florida - Francisco Pizarra
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Spain
1532-1535
traveled pacific coast of America near Peru Conpuered Incan Empire - Sir Francis Drake
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England
1577-1580
Led 2nd voyage around the world - Leif Ericson
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Iceland
A Viking
1000-1002
1st to reach Newfoundland - Giovanni Verrazano
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Italy
1524
Explored Northeast coast of North America, bridge is named for him - Henry Hudson
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England
1576-1578
Looked for a Northwest passage through North America, discovered Hudson River - Jaques Cartier
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French
1534-1541
Explored canada, explored the St. Lawrence River - Samuel de Champlain
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French
1608-1635
Founded canadian city of Quebec - Hernando Cortes
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Spain
1519-1521
Explored Mexico, conquered the Aztec empire - Why were most Europeans not interested in exploration during the Middle Ages?
- Daily life was hard and their main concern was survival.
- Describe life on a manor during the middle ages.
- Life was very hard unless you were the Lord. You had to provide yourself with your own things and couldn't go anywhere wiithout permission.
- What did the religious wars lead to?
- Increased trade with Asia and Africa.
- What were the Crusades?
- A 200 year war between Moslems and Christian
- How did Prince Henrey contribute to the Age of Exploration?
- He opoened a school to help sailors in their explorations.
- How did the caravel made sailing easier?
- With triangular sails and a steering rudder, sailors could sail against the wind.
- What routes did Bartholomew Dias and Vasco da Gama explore?
- Reached the southern tip of Africa. Vasco da Gama continued to India.
- What is a colony?
- A group of people who settle in a distant land and are ruled by the government of their native land.