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History Ch. 13
Everything from 13.2 Notes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Prince Henry the Navigator | started a school for navigation on the coast of Portugal |
| Bartolomeau Dias | sent down the coast of Africa to find a new sea route to India |
| Vasco de Gama | first European to reach India by sailing around Africa |
| Christopher Columbus | believed that he could reach India by sailing west |
| October 12, 1492 | When Columbus spotted land and named it San Salvador |
| Ferdinand Magellan | tried to find a sea route westward to India and China |
| Vasco Nunez de Balboa | became the first European to see the Pacific Ocean |
| Hernando Cortes | landed on the shore of Mexico |
| Francisco Pizarro | cruelest of the conquistadors; founded the city of Lima which is the capital of Peru |
| Atahulapa | Inca ruler who was held ransom by Francisco Pizarro |
| Bartolome de las Casas | supported the idea of giving people the choice to convert to Catholicism rather than being forced |
| Line of Demarcation | north-south line in the Atlantic Ocean giving Spain the right to land east and Portugal to west of the line |
| Hernando de Soto | landed near Tampa Bay, Florida searching for golden cities |
| Francisco Vasquez de Coronado | led an expedition from Mexico into New Mexico, Arizona, Kansas, and Texas |
| Jacques Cartier | first French explorer in the New World |
| Samuel de Champlain | sailed up the St. Lawrence River and founded the city of Quebec |
| Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet | explored the Mississippi River and called the Mississippi Valley Louisiana after King Lous XIV |
| Henry Hudson | explored the northeastern coast of America |
| John Cabot | first European after the Vikings to set foot on the North American mainland |
| Jamestown | first permanent English settlement in the New World |
| John Smith | founded Jamestown |
| Pedro Cabral | set up trading posts around India |
| Afonso de Albuquerque | named the viceroy (governor) of Portuguese holdings in the East in 1506 |
| Francis Xavier | Jesuit missionary to Japan |