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Europeans Explore
Idea | Concept |
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claim | declare you own something |
isthmus | a narrow strip of land that connects two continents |
Queen of Spain | Isabella |
King of Spain | Ferdinand |
Canary Islands | islands located off the east coast of Africa |
Indies | islands of Southeast Asia |
Reconquista | a plan to make Spain all Catholic |
Nina, Pinta, & Santa Maria | Columbus's ships |
San Salvador | means Holy Savior in Spanish |
West Indies | the islands Columbus visited in the Caribbean Sea |
John Cabot | Italian sailor named Giovanni Caboto |
Cabot's discovery | Newfoundland, Canada |
Amerigo Vespucci | sailed from South America all the way to Newfoundland |
Balboa | 1st European to see the Pacific Ocean from the east |
Columbus's discovery | San Salvador, Hispaniola, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Jamaica |