Chap 2- Age of exploration Flashcards
merchant
a person who buys and sells good as profit.
slave trade
getting, transporting, and selling human beings as slaves
navigation
to know where your going
astrolabe
an instrument used in navigation that measures the sun and stars
caravel
a small fast sailing ship
examine
to inspect in detail
accurately
without errors or mistakes
Vasco De Gama
he sailed from Portugal in the year 1497, and he searched to find a faster route to India by sailing around Africa. Lastly, he found a ocean trading route to India.
Bartolomeu Dias
He sailed from Spain in the year 1488 and he searched to find a trade route to India, and he found the Cape of Good Hope, the southern tip of Africa.
Ferdinand Magellan
he sailed from Spain in the year 1505-13 and he searched for to reach South-East Asia, where spices grew and gems were to be found, by sailing westwards across the Atlantic Ocean. and he found the channel linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
Christopher Columbus
He sailed from Spain in the year 1492 and he searched for a new route to India, japan, and the spice islands, and found an island he named San Salvador.
Balboa
He sailed from Spain in the year 1501. He searched for gold and he found the Pacific Ocean.
Pizzaro
He sailed from Spain in the year 1524. And he looked for pursue fortune and adventure in the New World, and he found the Pacific Ocean from the Americas.
Cartier
He sailed from france in the year 1534 and he searched for gold, spices.
Leif Erikson
He sailed from iceland in the year 1000. He searched for abundant grapes, and land called “Vinland”, and found a part of north America which he named “Vinland”.
Verrazzano
He sailed from France in he year 1524. He searched for a sea route to Asia, and found New York Harbor, Cape Cod Bay, and the Hudson river.
Hudson
He sailed from England in the year 1607. He searched for a passage to Asia by the Arctic Circle, also known as the Northwest Passage, and he found New York and Hudson Bay in Canada.
Juan Ponce de León
He sailed from Spain in the year 1508. He looked for the Fountain of Youth, And found Flordia and the Gulf stream.
Amerigo Vespucci
He sailed from Spain in the year 1499. He searched for a passage to India and the riches of the New World, And he found the landmass explored by early European explorers in the Americas was a separate continent from Asia.
John Cabot
He sailed from England in the year 1497. He searched for a westward to Asia. and he found Newfoundland and Cape Breton Island.
patron
conquistadors
expedition
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