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Unit 2 Assigment 6
explorer names
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Bartolomeu Dias | Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first european to get round the cape of good hope. |
| Prince Henry the navigator | King of Portugal who established a school of navigation and financed trips of exploration. |
| Lief Eriksson | Norwegian explorer son of Erik the Red was first European to explorer the americas. |
| Vasco de Gama | Portuguese navigator who led an expedition around the cape of good hope. |
| Christopher Columbus | Italian navigator who discovered the new world in the service of spain while looking for a route to China. |
| Ferdinand Magellan | Portuguese navigator in the service of spain he commanded an expedition that was the first to circumnavigate the world. |