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13 Cards in this Set
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Age of Discovery (causes) |
1. Concurrent European Expansion (imperialism 2. Influence of Italian Renaissance 3. Predecessors to Columbus - myths, legends, and facts - Lief Erikson. |
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Henry the Navigator |
Portuguese explorer - expeditions to Africa |
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King John II |
(r. 1481-1495) Portuguese explorer - very ambitious |
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Bartholemew Dias |
1488 Portuguese explorer - Cape of Good Hope |
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Vasco de Gama |
1497-98 Portuguese explorer India |
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Pedro Cabral |
1500 Portuguese explorer Brazil |
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Alfonso du Albuquerque |
1507-1511 Portuguese explorer Calicut, Ormuz, Malaban, Goa, Malacca |
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Christopher Columbus |
1492 Spanish Explorer. reaches San Salvador. He traversed the Caribbean. Never hit American continent, but took four voyages. |
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Balboa |
1513 Spanish Explorer Reaches Pacific Ocean. Crosses through Panama to the pacific, called it "South Sea" |
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Juan Ponce de Leon |
1513 Spanish explorer reaches Florida ("land of flowers" in Spanish) Spain has a foothold in Florida for several years |
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Ferdinand Magellan |
1519-1522 Spanish Explorer his multiethnic crew circumvented the globe. 5 ships left the ports, 1 returned, lead by Juan Sebastian del Cano - ***** killed in the Philipines. |
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Hernando Cortez |
1519-1521 Spanish Explorer Mexico, conquered Aztecs university graduate, hidalgo and fugitive from Cuba Legend of Quetzacoatl helped him (light skinned Aztec deity) Other indians hated the Aztecs and sided w/ him. |
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Francisco Pizzaro |
1531-1536 Spanish Explorer served w/ Balboa y conquered Incas lacked conscience civil war among Incas (captured Inca king Atahualpa, held him for ransom) mines @ Potosi (Andes) produced $340 million worth of silver - (he) employed Inca engineering marvels |
