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Marco Polo |
an Italian merchant traveller from Venice whose travels are recorded in Livres des merveilles du monde, a book that introduced Europeans to Central Asia and China. |
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carvel |
one of the best multiple task ships of its time, used for fishing, trade and exploration. It was cheaper, easier to sail, and easier to fix and maintain than other boats. |
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portolani |
a descriptive atlas of the Middle Ages, giving sailing directions andproviding charts showing rhumb lines and the location of ports andvarious coastal features. |
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Alfonso d'Albuquerque |
commonly known as Albuquerque the Great, "O Grande", was a Portuguese general, and a "great conqueror", a statesman, and empire builder. |
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Ferdinand Magellan |
a Portuguese explorer who organised the Spanish expedition to the East Indies that resulted in the first circumnavigation of the Earth, completed by Juan Sebastián Elcano. |
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Hernando Cortes |
a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of mainland |
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Christopher Columbus |
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encomida |
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Goa (Portugal) |
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conquistadors |
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Dutch East India Company |
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