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Prince Henry | The third son of King Jhon I of Portugal, Henry made his mark by sponsoring voyages of discovery down the coast of Africa. |
Vasco da Gama | a Portuguese navigator, he led four ships around the 'Cape of Good Hope' da Gamas voyages confirmed Portugal's status as a world power. |
Christopher Columbus | an Italian navigator from genoa, from 1492 to 1504 he made four journeys to what he called 'the indies' opening the way for European colonization of the Americas |
Ferdinand Magellan | a minor Portuguese nobleman, he set out from Spain with five ships to find a way to reach the pacific. his ships sailed south and west |
Moluccas | the chief source of spices, it was an island chain in present-day Indonesia. which was called 'The spice Islands' by Europeans |
cartographer | a mapmaker |
Line of Demarcation | the line that marked where Spain and Portugal may trade |
Treaty of Tordesillas | signed between Spain and Portugal in 1494, Spain had trading rights in any lands west of the agreed line and Portugal had the same trading rights east of the line. |
circumnavigate | a word used for the first people to sail around the world. |