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Exploration
Global Studies 9
Term | Definition |
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Cartographers | map makers |
Astrolabe | Navigational instrument perfected by the Arabs..measure latitude at sea |
Caravel | Portugese technological sailing advance...these ships could more easily sail into the wind |
Henry the Navigator | Portugese explorer famous for advances made in sea travel such as maps, redesigned ships, and trained crews |
Bartholomeu Dias | Explorer most famous for rounding the southern tip of Africa (Cape of Good Hope) |
Vasco de Gama | Portugese explorer famous for rounding the Cape of Good Hope and continuing on to Calicut, India |
Christopher Columbus | Italian navigator, backed by Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, made a series of voyages to the new world |
Line of Demarcation | Separates territories that can be claimed by Spain and Portugal to avoid future conflicts |
Treaty of Tordesillas | Agreement whereby the Line of Demarcation was established |
Amerigo Vespucci | Italian explorer who followed Columbus' journeys and eventually had a continent named after him |
Ferdinand Magellan | Portugese explorer who circumnavigated the world |
Circumnavigate | Travel around the entire world by sea |
Northwest Passage | The searched for navigational route from North America to Asia |
Henry Hudson | Dutch navigator famous for exploring a river which is named after him |