Henry the Navigator
-Financed many voyages of exploration
-Considered the founder of the Age of Exploration
-Portuguese duke who established a school for navigation
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
Henry the Navigator | -Financed many voyages of exploration
-Considered the founder of the Age of Exploration
-Portuguese duke who established a school for navigation |
Bartholomeu Dias | -A Portuguese explorer remembered for finding the southern tip of Africa
-Cape of Good Hope |
Vasco de Gama | -Portuguese explorer known for being the first to find a sea route to Asia
-Went around the Cape of Good Hope |
Christopher Columbus | -Italian sent by Spain(Ferdinand and Isabella)
-Landed in the Caribbean islands in 1492
-Made a total of 4 voyages |
Amerigo Vespucci | -First to recognize the American continents as unique continents, not a part of Asia
-Namesake for the Americas |
Vasco Nunez de Balboa | -Crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513
-1st European to reach the Pacific through the New World |
Juan Ponce de Leon | -Searched for a mythical Fountain of Youth
-Claimed Florida for Spain in 1513
-Governor of Puerto Rico |
Ferdinand Magellan | -Leads the voyage that completes the first circumnavigation of the globe
-Dies before the voyages ends |
Hernan Cortes | -Conquered the Aztecs
-Takes Moctezuma II hostage
-Claimed Mexico for Spain |
Francisco Pizarro | -Conquered the Inca
-Inca paid a huge ransom for Atahualpa but explorer killed him anyways |
John Cabot | -Looked for route to Asia
-Claimed Newfoundland Canada for England
-Made 3 voyages across Atlantic |
Jacques Cartier | -Sailed up St. Lawrence River looking for Northwest passage
-Named and claimed Canada for France |
Robert de la Salle | -Explored and established forts from the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River
-Claimed Louisiana for France |
Henry Hudson | -Claimed Hudson River and modern New York for Dutch
- Claimed Hudson Bay area for England |
Sir Francis Drake | -Completed the 2nd circumnavigation of the globe
-Defeated the Spanish Armanda and became the major world power in exploration |