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Unit 2 Assignment #6
Seven Names Of Explorers
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Leif Eriksson | (c.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. |
| Bartolomeau Dias | Portuguese navigator. Led an expedition from Portugal southward along the African coast. |
| Christopher Columbus | (1451-1506) Italian explorer, he was convinced that he could reach Asia by sailing westward across the Atlantic Ocean. He commanded a small fleet that reached the so called New World. |
| Ferdinand Magellan | (1480-1521) Portuguese captain of a Spanish fleet that sought a western route to Asia via the Southern Ocean. He died during the exploration, but the rest of his crew circumnavigated that world. |
| Bartolomeau de las Casas | The priest that traveled with Christopher Columbus. He wrote letters to the king and queen saying how poor they were treating the "indians". |
| Vasco De Gama | An explorer who went on an expedition arond the Cape of Good Hope, ending in Calicut, India, and then coming back. |