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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Marco polo date and country | Italy 1271 |
| Marco polo goals | spread christianity to china, start trading with the yuan dynasty, and gain wealth |
| Marco polo claim to fame | traveled overland from venice to china in the late 13th century and stayed in the mongol court of kublai khan, started age of exploration |
| Bartolomeu Dias date and country | Portugal 1488 |
| Bartolomeu Dias goals | find a way around africa |
| Bartolomeu Dias claim to fame | led first voyage around cape of good hope before getting turned around. never made it to india |
| Christopher Columbus date and country | Spain 1492 |
| Christopher Columbus goals | new trade routes to asia, spreading christianity, and gaining wealth |
| Christopher Columbus claim to fame | accidently discovered the americas and killed millions of native americans |
| Vasco Da Gama date and country | portugal 1497 |
| Vasco Da Gama goals | find and establish a trade route between portugal and india |
| Vasco Da Gama claim to fame | first to make it all the way to india and back by going around africa |
| Amerigo Vespucci date and country | Spain, portugal 1497 |
| Amerigo Vespucci goals | to figure out whether or not america was part of asia |
| Amerigo Vespucci claim to fame | north and south america named after him |
| John Cabot date and country | england 1497 |
| John Cabot goals | to expand his countries influence and find a westward route to asia |
| John Cabot claim to fame | discovered Newfoundland and Cape Breton island |
| Vasco Nunez de Balboa date and country | Spain 1500 |
| Vasco Nunez de Balboa goals | claim land for his country, explore the pacific, and become rich |
| Vasco Nunez de Balboa claim to fame | founded a stable southern colony and became first european to see the pacific |
| Juan Ponce de Leon date and country | Spain 1513 |
| Juan Ponce de Leon goals | claim land for spain and find the fountain of youth |
| Juan Ponce de Leon claim to fame | discovered florida and spent most of life searching for the fountain of youth, which he never found |
| Ferdinand Magellan date and country | Spain 1519 |
| Ferdinand Magellan goals | get spices from the philippines, bring them to spain, and circumnavigate the globe |
| Ferdinand Magellan claim to fame | found the northwest passage an sailed across the entire globe, and named the pacific ocean after the word pacif, which means peace |
| Hernan Cortes date and country | Spain 1519 |
| Hernan Cortes goals | find land and treasure for spain |
| Hernan Cortes claim to fame | conquered mesoamerica; tenochtitlan, the aztec capital; and mexico |
| Francisco Pizarro date and country | Spain 1524 |
| Francisco Pizarro goals | fame, land for his country, and riches for himself and spain |
| Francisco Pizarro claim to fame | conquered the incas, discovered ecuador and the pacific ocean |
| Henry Hudson date and country | england, Netherlands 1607 |
| Henry Hudson goals | to find the northwest passage |
| Henry Hudson claim to fame | discovered the Hudson bay, strait, and river, founded new amsterdam |
| Samuel de Champlain date and country | France 1603 |
| Samuel de Champlain goals | create a colony, grow relationships with natives, explore and map new land, and find the northwest passage |
| Samuel de Champlain claim to fame | founded the city of Quebec and map the atlantic coast and east great lakes |
| Francisco Coronado date and country | Spain 1540 |
| Francisco Coronado goals | gold, specifically the seven golden cities of Cibola |
| Francisco Coronado claim to fame | founded the city of Quebec and map the atlantic coast and east great lakes |
| Hernando de Soto date and country | Spain 1514 |
| Hernando de Soto goals | to find gold, land, and riches for himself and his country |
| Hernando de Soto claim to fame | explored the Carolinas, Tennessee, Georgia, and the Mississippi river. also helped conquer the Incans |
| Jacques Cartier date and country | France 1534 |
| Jacques Cartier goals | to find gold, spices, and a northwest passage |
| Jacques Cartier claim to fame | credited with the discovery and naming of canada, first to explore the saint lawrence river |
| Sir Francis Drake date and country | england 1566 |
| Sir Francis Drake goals | wanted revenge on the spanish, and to help his country claim more land and become more powerful than their rival, spain |
| Sir Francis Drake claim to fame | was a well known pirate who became the second person to circumnavigate the globe and disrupted the entire spanish naval fleet on orders from the queen of england. also claimed modern day california and oregon for england |
| silk road | An ancient land trade route between China and the Mediterranean. |
| caravel | a small, fast ship designed by the portuguese for long sea voyages |
| cartographer | someone who makes maps |
| northwest passage | a westward route from europe to asia |
| conquistador | a conquerer, primarily one of the spanish conquerors sent to peru and mexico |
| expedition | a voyage with a specific goal in mind, such as exploration, research, or war |
| isthmus | a small strip of land with water on two sides |
| circumnavigate | to sail or navigate the entire world |
| mutiny | overthrowing or defying a leader, usually on a ship |
| scurvy | a disease marked by swollen, bleeding gums and livid spots on the skin that arises due to a vitamin C deficiency |
| navigator | a person who directs the route or course of any form of transportation |
| astrolabe | an instrument used to take measurements of celestial bodies, usually while navigating |
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