Flashcards in Chapter 2 age of discovery Deck (11)
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World powers
England
France
Portugal
Spain
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King Henry the navigator
who from 1451 to 1470 sponsored a number of trips along the West African coast.
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Ferdinand Magellan
who set out on a 3-year voyage to circumnavigate the globe.
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The missing day and International date line
When the ship returned to Spain in 1522, they realized that they had lost a day which was very strange to them. It also helped mariners and cartographers realize that they needed to have an International Date Line.
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Balboa
In 1513 Balboa (Spain) discovered the Pacific Ocean by crossing the isthmus of Panama and had named it the Southern Ocean in the name of Spain
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Roald Amundsen
in 1903-1906 during an epic voyage. There were also other heroic attempts prior to Amundsen’s trip to explore and map the region.
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The great northern expedition
to map the coast of Siberia and portions of Alaska. This massive undertaking cost Russia nearly 1/6th of its entire annual income for 1724.
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William parry
a British naval officer, made it to within 8° of the pole.
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Fridtjof Nansen
a Norwegian polar explorer and scientist, lodged his ship in the ice and drifted for 4 years and made it to within 4° of the pole.
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Salomon Andree and David Hempleman-Adams’
set out for the pole in a hydrogen balloon and died in the effort. The achievement was not repeated until 2000 by David Hempleman-Adams’ solo flight.
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