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Caravel |
a sailing vessel that uses square and triangular sails to help it sail against the wind |
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Henry the Navigator |
Prince of Portugal and patron of exploration; he made no voyages himself but spent his life directing voyages of discovery along the African coast |
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Vasco da Gama |
Portuguese navigator; in 1497-1499, he became the first European to sail around Africa and reach India by sea |
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Christopher Columbus |
Italian explorer, sailing for Spain, who reached the Americas in 1492 while searching for a western sea route from Europe to Asia |
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Ferdinand Magellan |
Portuguese navigator; his ships were the first to circumnavigate the globe, though he died on the journey |
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Circumnavigate |
to proceed completely around |
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Sir Francis Drake |
English admiral; he rounded the tip of South America and explored the west coast. He ended up heading west to return to England, thus becoming the second man to circumnavigate the globe |
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Henry Hudson |
English navigator; he sailed for the Dutch East India Company and discovered the Hudson River in present-day New York |
