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Vasco Da Gama
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Led four ships around the Cape of Good Hope. Found large amounts of spices and became wealthy.
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Prince Henry II
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sponsored Portugal's expedition that gained islands and some of North Africa
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Ferdinand Magellan
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Led the first European voyage of discovery to circumnavigate the globe but died shortly thereafter
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Circumnavigate
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to sail around the entire world
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Christopher Columbus
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sent by queen to find a faster route to India but accidentally came across America instead in 1492.
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Cartographer
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someone who makes maps
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Line of Demarcation
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imaginary longitude line
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