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Compass. Instrument with north- pointing needle. astrolabe. Instrument for finding latitude by measuring the angle of stars. Prince Henry the Navigator. Set up first European school for navigators Worked with others to design and build other ships - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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• Compass • Instrument with north- pointing needle
• astrolabe • Instrument for finding latitude by measuring the angle of stars.
•Prince Henry the Navigator
• Set up first European school for navigators
• Worked with others to design and build other ships
• Sent explorers south along Africa’s west coast.
• Caravel • Fast sailing Portuguese ship
• Designed by Prince Henry the Navigator
• Portuguese Explorers
• Found gold dust, ivory, and slaves
• Became more interested in trade than discovery
• John Cabot • Explored the coasts of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia
• Giovanni da Verrazano • Sailed from North Carolina to New York
Sir Martin Frobisher
• Sailed the coast of Greenland
• Discovered the bay that bears his name in northern Canada
• Henry Hudson • Explored the Hudson River and sailed to Albany, New York
• Bartolomeu Dias • Portuguese captain who first sailed around the tip of Africa
• Named the southern tip of Africa the Cape of Storms
• Cape of Good Hope
• King of Portugal’s name for the Cape of Storms
• Vasco da Gama • Orders for the King to “proclaim the Christian Faith” and “wrest kingdoms and new states from the hands of the Barbarians
• Led first Portuguese convoy to India
• bullion • Gold and silver for making coins
• scurvy • A disease caused by lack of Vitamin C
• convoy • Large group of ships
• Christopher Columbus • Sailed west for waterway to India
• Explored the Bahamas, Cuba, and Hispaniola
• Later explored the coasts of Venezuela and Central America
• Died convinced he found a new way to India
• Mutiny • Overthrow of officers• Sailors threatened
Christopher Columbus with mutiny
• Pope Alexander VI • Pope who drew up demarcation for Spain & Portugal
• Papal line of demarcation
• Imagine line from North to South pole
• Non-Christian land east of the line went to Portugal and land west of the line went to Spain
• Treaty of Tordesillas • Treat that gave land west of the line of demarcation to Spain and land east of the line to Portugal
• Portugal is able to claim Brazil
• conquistadores • Spanish explorers• Set out to find gold
Columbus talked about
• Ponce de Leon • Explored Florida
• Balboa • Crossed the isthmus of Panama
• First European to see the great South Sea
• Hernando Cortes • Explored Mexico• Spread smallpox• Destroyed Aztec
empire• Took large
amounts of gold
• Francisco Pizarro • Explored Peru• Conquered Incas• Built Lima, Peru• “The City of Kings”• Took gold and
silver from native Americans
• Hernando de Soto • Explored west of Florida and Mississippi River
• Francisco Coronado • Explored the region of the Grand Canyon
• Magellan • Looked for western route to the East Indies
• Strait of Magellan named after him
• He renamed the great South Sea the Pacific ocean
• Circumnavigated the world
• pacifico • Spanish word for peaceful
• circumnavigating • Sailing around the world
• Sea dog • Ship’s captain
• conquistadores • Spanish conquerors
• John Cabot • Explored Newfoundland and Nova Scotia
• Looking for a North west passage to India
• Claims land for England
• Giovanni da Verrazano • Sailed along the Atlantic coast from North Carolina to New York
• Italian navigator who sailed for France
• Jacques Cartier • Sailed up the St. Lawrence River
• Gave French a claim for Eastern Canada
• Sir Martin Frobisher • Discovered the Frobisher Bay in Northern Canada
• Henry Hudson • Founded the Hudson Bay, Hudson River, and Hudson Strait in Canada
Sailed for the Dutch and gave them their claim to the Americas