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Assignment #6
Explorer's Names
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Leif Eriksson | (c.1000)Norwegian explorer, son of Erik the Red, was first European to explore the Americas. |
| Prince Henry the Navigator | (1394-1460)King of Portugal who established a school of navigation and financed trips of exploration. |
| Bartolomeu Dias | (In 1448)Led an expedition from Portugal southward along the African coast. |
| Vasco de Gama | Reached the Indian port of Calicut, Muslims traders met him and his men. |
| Christopher Columbus | (1451-1506)Italian explorer, he was convinced that he could reach Asia by sailing westward across the Atlantic Ocean. He gained the support of Spain's monarchs and commanded a small fleet that reached the so-called New World. |
| Ferdinand Magellan | (1480-1521)Portugese captain of a Spanish fleet that sought a western route to Asia via the "Southern Ocean", he found a passage through South America, Now known as the Strait of Magellan, but died during the expedition. |