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Early Exploration

TermDefinition
absolute chronology determining the age of a event in years
coast the edges of land
conflicting territorial claims when countries or people get into conflict over land
defining characteristics characteristics that shape something
eras a span of time defined for the purposes of chronology or historiography
exploration the act of searching for the purpose of discovery of information or resources
gold a yellow precious metal
historians people who study or teach history
major eras important times in history like the 1500s - 1700s
mapping making a scale of an area
relative chronology a order of events that determine the age of an event
settlement where people establish a community
1519 the year Ferdinand Magellan reaches South America.
Era: age of contact The wave of exploration that began with Columbus' voyage in 1492
france & spanish Alonso Álvarez de Pineda, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca a Spanish explorer and a map-maker, a Spanish explorer of the New World, and one of four survivors of the 1527 Narváez expedition
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