Famous People of the Renaissance Flashcards
(43 cards)
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Prince Henry
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- Navigator of Portugal
- discovered a sea route to Africa
2
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Bartholomew Diaz
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- European navigator or trader
- reached the Cape of Good Hope at the southernmost point of Africa
3
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Christopher Columbus
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- European navigator or trader
- discovered America in 1492
4
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Vasco da Gama
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- European navigator or trader
- sailed as far as India in 1498
5
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Ferdinand Magellan
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- European navigator or trader
- made a voyage around the world and reaches a vast ocean, which he called the Pacific ocean
6
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Roger Bacon
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- original thinkers/forerunners of Renaissance and perhaps scientist
- contemplated the use of horseless carriages and flying machines
7
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Abelard
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- original thinkers/forerunners of Renaissance
8
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Thomas Aquinas
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- original thinkers/forerunners of Renaissance
9
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Nicolaus Copernicus
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- scientist
- proved that the earth moves round the sun
10
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Galileo
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- scientist
- invented the telescope
11
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Gutenburg
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- set up first printing press in Germany in the middle of 15th century
12
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Caxton
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- introduced printing press in England
13
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Leonardo Da Vinci
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- painter, sculptor, musician, and scientist during the Renaissance
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14
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Andrea del Verrocchio
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- painter during the Renaissance
15
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Michelangelo
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- painter during the Renaissance
16
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Raphael
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- painter during the Renaissance
17
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Donatello
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18
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Lorenzo Ghiberti
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19
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Machiavelli
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20
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Dante
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21
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Petrarch
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22
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Aristo
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23
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Tasso
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24
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Boccaccio
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25
Geoffrey Chaucer
26
Thomas More
27
Francis Bacon
28
William Shakespeare
29
Ben Johnson
30
Marlowe
31
Milton
32
Edmund Spencer
33
John Kepler
34
Galileo
35
Sir Isaac Newton
36
Vesalius
37
William Harvey
38
Paracelsus
39
Cordus
40
Helmontt
41
Desargues
42
Stevin
43
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