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11 Cards in this Set
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Marco Polo |
-italian merchant -learned the mercantile trade from his father and uncle -new fact: after he came back from trading his friends and family thought he was dead becuase he was gone for so long |
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Carvel |
-a different how to overlap or how to place the planks ont he wall of the boats -fastened edge to edge, gaining support from the frame and forming a smooth surface |
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Portolani |
-charts made by the medival navigators and mathmaticians in the 13th century -had detials on coastal contuors,distance between ports, and compas readings -were drawn on flat scale and took no account of the contuors of the earth |
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Alfonso d'Albuquerque |
-set up ports in facilities at Goa, on western coast of india south of present day Bombay -becuase of the Goa became headquarters of portugal |
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Ferdinand Magellan |
-portugese explorer -was conviced he culd travell through america to get to asia -set voyage at Aug. 10, 1519 with 277 men -wanted to find a striaght passage -died to the phillipenes |
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Hernando Cortes |
-conqueror of Mexico -wanted the native mexicans to learn catholicism -had spiritual and secular beliefs with the natives -controlled part of the aztec empire
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Christopher Columbus |
-1451 to 1506 -had three ships santa maria, the nina, and the pinta set sail on Aug. 3, 1492 reached the bahamas on Oct. 12 and later on exploredthe coastline of Cuba -believedhe reached Asia and after four voyages he landed on the major islands |
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Encomida |
-system that permitted the conquering SPaniads to collect tribute from the native and use them as laborers -signed by queen isabella |
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Goa (portugal) |
-Became the head quarters of portugalbecause of Alfonso d'Albuquerque |
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conquistadors |
individuals that were motivated by typical 16th century blood, gore, greed, and religeous crusadind zeal -were financed and outfitted privitly not by the government |
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dutch east india company |
-powerful company, possessing quasi-governmental powers -the ability to wage war, imprison and execute convicts, negotiate treaties, coin money, and establish colonies |
