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Made four voyages to the New World. Established colonies in the Caribbean. Died never knowing that he discovered the continents of North & South America
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This was the first person to circumnavigate the globe. Name the explorer and the strait he sailed through at the tip of South America.
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Brought much wealth in gold to Spain by conquering the Aztecs of Mexico. Name the explorer, and the Aztec capital at that time(1519).
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Explored the area that is now Hudson Bay in 1610. He lost his life when his men mutinied and cast his son and himself in a row boat during the winter.
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Drake sailed around the world to escape the Spanish warships that were waiting for him at the tip of South America because he looted and raided Spanish ships for their gold. Drake was considered a “Sea Dog” or pirate.
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Explain what was to be done with Francis Drake when he returned to England. What was done instead?
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King Phillip of Spain wanted Queen Elizabeth of England to behead Drake and return the gold that was stolen to Spain. Instead, she bestowed upon him the title of “Sir” as she knighted him for his bravery and loyalty to England. She kept the gold and went to war with Spain.
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This was the economic reason that pushed England, France, Spain and Portugal to begin exploration.
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The countries of Spain, Portugal, England and France wanted to explore to find new routes to the east. The Italians had a monopoly on trade using all land routes to the east and charged high prices for all goods.These countries wished to share in the wealth and trade by finding new routes to avoid the Italian trade monopoly.
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Marco Polo’s journey to the East (China) helped establish a trade monopoly for Italy with the East(China).
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Johann Gutenberg’s perfection of the printing press(movable type) helped spread knowledge throughout Europe by making books affordable. One of these books was The Description of the World by Marco Polo. This book helped spread the knowledge of other lands and the desire to travel to these lands throughout Europe .
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Prince Henry was the son of the King of Portugal. He established a school for navigators that trained sailors during the Age of Exploration. Inventions that were created in his school provided the technology to complete the dangerous voyages overseas.
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Name one invention that was created in Prince Henry’s school for navigators. Name two more instruments that sailors were taught to use in this school.What else was taught in this school?
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The caravel was invented in his school. Sailors learned to use the compass and the astrolabe. They also learned to make and read maps.
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Name the continent that the Portuguese wished to sail around in order to find an all water route to India.
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An Italian explorer that sailed for both Spain and Portugal. He is credited with finding that Columbus discovered new lands. The German cartographer named Martin Waldseemueller names this new land after him.
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