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Zheng He
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(1371-1433) An imperial eunuch and Muslim. Entrusted by Min emperor Yongle with series of state voyages that took his gigantic ships through Indian Ocean, from SE Asia to Africa.
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Arawak
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Amerindian peoples who inhabited the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean at the time of Columbus
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Henry the Navigator
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(1394-1460) Portuguese prince who promoted study of navigation and directed voyages of exploration down the western coast of Africa.
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caravel
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Small, highly maneuverable three-masted ship used by Portuguese and Spanish in exploration of Atlantic.
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Gold Coast (Africa)
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Region of the Atlantic coast of West Africa occupied by modern Ghana; named for its gold exports to Europe from 1470s onward.
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Bartolomeu Dias
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(1450-1500)Portuguese explorer who in 1488 led the first expedition to sail around the souther tipe of Africa from the Atlantic and sight the Indian Ocean.
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Vasco da Gama
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(1460-1524) Portuguese explorer. Led first naval expedition from Europe to sail to India (1497-1498). Opening an important commercial sea route.
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Christopher Columbus
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(1451-1506) Genoese mariner who in the service of Spain led expeditions across the Atlantic, reestablishing contact contact between peoples of Americas and Old World. Opened way to Spanish conquest.
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Ferdinand Magellan
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(1480-1521) Portuguese navigator who led Spanish expedition of 1519-1522 that was the first to sail around the world.
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conquistadors
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Early 16th-century Spanish adventurers who conquered Mexico, Central America, and Peru.
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Hernán Cortés
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(1485-1547) Spanish explorer and conquistador who led the conquest of Aztec Mexico in 1519-1521 for Spain.
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Moctezuma II
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(1466-1520) Last Aztec emperor, overthrown by SPanish conquistador Hernán Cortés.
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Francisco Pizarro
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(1475-1541) Spanish explorer who led the conquest of the Inca Empire of Peru in 1531-1533.
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Atahualpa
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(1502-1533)Last ruling Inca emperor of Peru. He was executed by the Spanish.
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