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US History

1.2 Age of Exploration

TermDefinition
compass An instrument that enabled sailors to know which direction they were heading
astrolabe Instrument which enabled sailors to determine a ship's latitude on the ocean
caravel A small, light ship with two or three triangular sails
Leif Ericson A Norse (Norwegian) explorer who may have been the 1st known European to come to America
Christopher Columbus Italian born explore who believed the world was round, but was not correct about the size. Thought could sale west for 3,000 miles and would reach Japan.
Amerigo Vespucci Made exploratory trips to the Caribbean and South America between 1499 and 1502. America was named after this person
Hernando Cortés In 1519 he reached Mexico and became the 1st conquistador (conqueror)
Juan Ponce de León Claimed area he explored for Spain
Francisco de Coronado His explorations discovered the Grand Canyon
Hernando de Soto In 1541 he discovered the Mississippi River
Columbian Exchange The flow of new goods between Europe and the Americas
encomienda system Spanish system in which conquistadors were given land and the right to the labor and tribute of native people, and in return they had the responsibility for pay, protect, and Christianize the native people
St. Augustine oldest permanent city settled by Europeans in the United States
Jacques Cartier Discovered and explored the St. Lawrence River in search of a passageway to Asia
Samuel de Champlain Established a fort at Quebec which would later become the capitol of New France
Robert de La Salle He completed the Mississippi River journey to the Gulf and named the vast territory "Louisiana" in hour of King Louis XIV
Henry Hudson English navigator who sailed up New York Harbor and now that river is named in his honor
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