Age of exploration Flashcards
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merchant
a person who sells merchandise to other people
slave trade
the trade of slaves
navigation
to know where you are and where you’re going
astroblade
An astrolabe is a handheld instrument that uses rotating discs and rulers to measure the positions of celestial objects
caravel
a small, fast Spanish or Portuguese sailing ship of the 15th–17th centuries.
examine
to inspect
accurately
the action of being correct
Vasco da gama
He sailed from Portugal in the year 1497. He searched for a sea passage to India, and found Africa’s, Cape of good hope.
Bartolomeo Dias
He sailed from Portugal in the year 1488. He searched for the southern tip of Africa, and found the southern tip of Africa and also discovered that the Atlantic and Indian Oceans flowed into each other.
Christopher Columbus
He sailed from Spain in the year 1492. He searched for a new route to India, China, Japan and the Spice Islands, and found An island in the Bahamas, called Guanahani by the indigenous people, which Columbus renamed San Salvador.
Ferdinand Magellan
He sailed from Spain in the year 1519. He searched for the East Indies, and he found the channel linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
Leif Erikson
He sailed from Iceland in the year 1000 CE. He searched for a land called “Vinland”, and found a part of North America in which no one had set foot.
john cabot
He sailed from England in the year 1497. He searched for a western route to Asia and unclaimed lands and found newfoundland.
The Columbian exchange
A period of time in which people who were inspired by Christopher Columbus traded goods
giovanni da verrazano
He sailed from France in the year 1524. He searched for a passage to the Pacific Ocean and Asia and found the sites of present-day New York Harbor, Block Island, and Narragansett Bay.
Vasco Nunez da Balboa
He sailed from Portugal in the year 1501. He searched for pearls in south America and found the Pacific ocean.
Francico Pizarro
He sailed from Spain in the year 1523. He searched for wealth and found the Pacific ocean with Balboa.
Jacques Cartier
He sailed from France in the year 1534. He searched for gold and precious metals and found the St. Lawrence river.
Amerigo vespucci
He sailed from Spain in the year 1497. He searched for a passage to India and found the south American coastline.
Henry Hudson
He sailed from London in the year 1607. He searched for a Northwest passage from the Atlantic ocean to the Pacific and found the Hudson river, Hudson bay, and the Hudson strait.
Juan ponce de leon
He sailed from Puetro rico in the year 1513. He searched for the Foutain of youth and found Flordia.
patron
conquistador
A conqueror, especially one of the Spanish conquerors in North or South America in the 1500s
expedition
a journey or voyage
