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Astralabe—an instrument enabling people to navigate using the stars
Navigation—the art of directing the course of a ship
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Cartography—the science of making maps
Colony—A country or area ruled by another country
Circumnavigate—travel completely around the Earth
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Indigenous--The first population of people to inhabit an area
Conquistador—”Conqueror” Spanish soldiers sent to gain gold for the King.
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Vikings were the first to discover America
Leif Erickson established a settlement in Canada about 500 years before Christopher Columbus
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Prince Henry the Navigator (1394-1460)
Sent many expeditions to explore the West Coast of Africa.
Many sailors were superstitious and had to be tricked before he could get them to try to go.
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Christopher Columbus (1451-1506)
Most scientists and explorers thought the world was flat
Columbus believed the world was a sphere
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“In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue”
Discovered America, but thought he’d found a quicker way to India
Made 3 trips total to the New World for Spain
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Vasco de Gama (1460-1524)
Portuguese explorer
First explorer to reach India by boat
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Important because you can carry a lot more goods to trade on a boat than a cart
Standard of Living?
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Hernando Cortez (1485-1547)
Became a colonist in Hispaniola as an 18 year-old
1518 led an expedition into Mexico
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Indigenous people were the Aztec Indians
Large civilization of over 25 million people
Thought conquistadors were gods
Started to trade with the Spanish
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Eventually began to conquer Aztec’s to take their gold
Indigenous people also were not immune to diseases like smallpox
Most people died of epidemic
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Ponce de Leon (1474-1521)
Looking for the Fountain of Youth◦ A story that there’s a
fountain that you could drink from and live forever
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Discovered Florida. Spent quite a bit of time looking for the fountain of youth, but never found it.
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John Cabot (c. 1450-c.1499)
Paid by the King of England to try to visit the New World to claim land for England
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Very little known about actual trips.
It is believed that a storm blew Cabot off course and he ended up in Canada.
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Sir Francis Drake (1540-1596)
Was a pirate who worked for the British King
Would attack ships from Spain and France and steal their money to give to the King of England
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Drake was the first man to circumnavigate the Earth
Proved that the earth was round
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