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Assignment #6
Explorer's Names
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Leif Eriksson | (1000)Norwegian explorer, son of Erik the Red, was the 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 | Portuguese explorer. First to make the trip around the Cape of Good Hope and arrive in India in 1497. |
| Christopher Columbus | (1451-1506) Italian explorer, he was convinced that he could reach Asia by sailing westward across the Atlantic Ocean. He reached the so called New World, setting of a tide of European exploration of the area. |
| Ferdinand Magellan | (1480-1521) Portuguese captain of a Spanish fleet that sought a western route to Asia, he found a passage through South America, now called the Strait of Magellan, but died during his expedition. Only 18 of his crew successfully circumnavigated the world. |