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23 Cards in this Set
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Rustichello of Pisa
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wrote Description of the World
based on Marco Polo's travels |
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Marco Polo
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Italian explorer
visited China and Mongolia described mysterious world of Asia to others |
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Bartolomeu Dias
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Portuguese explorer
1488 sailed along coast of Africa to Cape of Good Hope |
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Vasco da Gama
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Portuguese explorer
first to sail to India returned with a cargo of spices |
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Christopher Columbus
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believed the world was round
thought shortage route to Far East was west "discovered" New World |
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Amerigo Vespucci
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realized there was a "new world"
America was named for him |
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Martin Waldseemuller
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German mapmaker
named New World after Amerigo Vespucci |
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John Cabot
Giovanni Caboto |
Italian who explored for England
explored and claimed parts of North America for England |
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Ferdinand Magellan
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attempted to sail around world in 1519
crew returned with 1 ship was killed in Philippines |
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Martin Luther
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German monk
credited with starting Protestant Reformation |
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Hernando Cortes
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first great conquistador
1519 conquered Aztecs |
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Montezuma
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Aztec king conquered by Cortes
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Francisco de Coronado
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Spanish explorer
explored SW United States discovered Grand Canyon |
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Ponce de Leon
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Spanish explorer
discovered Florida in 1513 |
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Hernando de Soto
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Spanish explorer
explored SE United States discovered Mississippi |
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Philip II
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Spanish king
rival of Queen Elizabeth I sent Spanish Armada against England |
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Francis Drake
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English "sea dog"
led attacks against Spanish settlements in California defeated Spanish Armada |
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Elizabeth I
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Queen of England
rival of Philip II of Spain |
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Sir Walter Raleigh
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convinced Elizabeth to colonize North America
settlements in NC failed |
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Powhatan
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Indian in Virginia
ordered war parties against English settlers |
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Pocahontas
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daughter of Powhatan
married John Rolfe helped bring peace between Indians and settlers |
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John Smith
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enforced discipline in Jamestown settlement
used I Thess. 3:10 as principle |
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Lord De La Warr
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resident governor of Jamestown
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