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Grade 5

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Leif Erickson - Vikings 1000AD sailed to N. America from Greenland and iceland - discover Vinland
Marco Polo travels to China from Italy - away 24 years - brings back jewels and stories of the Far East - Travels of Marco Polo written 200 years after death
Prince Henry the Navigator Portugese Prince that started a school for sailors. taught how to navigate the seas
Bartholomeau Dias first to sail around the tip of Africa - Portugese
Vasco da Gama first to sail from Portugal to India around tip of Africa - brought back a ship full of spices and riches - Portugese
Christopher Columbus sailed from Spain to New World - 4 voyages - beleived the Earth was round and could sail West to get to East Indies - died believing he had made it - unaware he had discovered the New World - Italian - sailed for Spain
Amerigo Vespucci proved Columbus had not made it to Far East but had sailed to the New World - America is named for him - Italian sailed for Spain and Portugal
John Cabot (Giovanni Cabotto) sailed to New Foundland / said he had made it to China and met Kublai Khan- Italian - sailed for England. His real name was Giovanni Cabato
Vasco Nunez de Balboa first to see the Pacific Ocean - sailed to Isthmus of Panama - Spanish
Ferdinand Magellan Given credit for being first to sail around the world. Only one of his 5 original ships makes the total journey. 18 of 242 original sailors left. He dies in Phillipines in battle with natives.
Turks cut off trade between Europe and the Far East in 1453. Their Ottoman Empire controlled the Middle East
Martin Waldseemueller map maker that created a map of New World from information brought back by Vespucci. names New World America after Amerigo Vespucci
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella Monarchs of Spain that gave Columbus ships and money for his voyages of exploration
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