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sailed portages ships, studied maps and charts, and learned about the world beyond Europe. |
Christopher Columbus |
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a Spanish colonist who explored the Caribbean coast. |
Vasco de Balboa |
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A Portuguese explorer who set out to find the Atlantic, Pacific passage. |
Ferdinand Magellan |
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A narrow passage that connects two large bodies of water |
Strait |
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to travel around |
circumnavigate |
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A soldiers adventures |
Conquest |
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conquistador who sailed from Cuba to Mexico with more than 500 soldiers. |
Hernando Cortez |
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The Aztec leader |
Moctezuma |
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Large farms worked by labors who live on the property |
Plantation |
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Land grants that included the right to demand labor or taxes from native Americans |
encomienda |