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prince henry the navigator supporter of exploration, used his own money to fund voyages on the western coast of Africa, desire to spread Christianity
Bartolomeu Dias portuguese explorer who went around the tip of Africa to the southeast coast
Christopher Columbus 1492 sailed west in search of new route to Asia and its riches.Instead he reached a Carribean island
Treaty of Tordesillas 1494 between Spain and Portugal,established a Line of Demarcation where west of lin belonged to Spain and east to Portugal
Vasco de Gama Portuguese explorer. Explored east African coast. Calicut - sw coast of India. Amazed by spices, silks & gems. 27000 mile voyage gave Portugal a direct sea route to India.
Ferdinand Magellan Spanish explorer to Philippines. Was killed here in local war. crew went on to be 1st to circumnavigate, or sail around, the world
calicut Indian port
Philippines Islands found by Magellan.
Java Island where Dutch established trading headquarters.
Hernando Cortes Spanish. Landed in Mexico. Conquered teh Aztecs. Brought disease to the natives.
Francisco Pizarro Conquistador who conquered Incan Empire. Founded Lima Peru. Became governor of Peru and encouraged settlers from Spain.
Fransico Vasquez de Coronado Led an expedition through present day Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, & Kansas. Found little gold.
encomienda system Spanish forced natives to farm, ranch or mine for Spanish landlords. Laborers were abused and overworked.
Caravel Ship that was sturdier than earlier vessels. One of the reasons that exploration became possible in the 1400s.
Astrolabe A brass circle with carefully adjusted rings marked off in degrees. By using the rings to sight the stars a captain could calculate latitude.
Compass Chinese invention used to help sailors navigate
Mestizo A person of mixed Spanish and Native American decent.
Columbian Exchange global transfer of plants, animals and diseases that occurred during the European colonization of the Americans
mercantilism economis policy under whichnations sought to increasetheir wealth and pawer by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought.
Joint-stock company
Zheng He Chinese Muslim admiral. 7 voyages before Europeans. Remarkable for their size - distance traveled, fleet size, ship size. Distributed gifts of silver and gold to show Chinese superiority.
James Cook
Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec
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