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18 Cards in this Set
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Italian explorer who found newfoundland but told people he had found Cathay
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Giovanni Caboto
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European who proved it was possible to reach Asia by sailing west from Europe
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Magellan
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Leader of the first Europeans to visit the Americas
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Eriksson
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First European people known to have visited the Americas
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Vikings
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Poruguese explorer who found a sea route to Asia by sailing around Africa
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DeGama
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Local name for the island on which Columbus first landed
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Guanahani
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European whose descriptions of the riches of China made traders want to go to Asia
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Marco Polo
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Portuguese explorer who was the first European to sail around the SOuthern tip Africa
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Dias
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Portuguese leader who started a school for navigators
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Prince Henry
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Body of water reached by Spanish explorer Balboa
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Pacific Ocean
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First European to make a globe
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Behaim
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City captured by the Turks, closing off trade routes between Europe and Asia
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Constantinople
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Put in order of event:
The trade routes between Europe and Asia are closed off |
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The first European school for training sailors in navigation is set up |
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Christopher Columbus recieves support from Spain to sail to Asia |
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Put in order of event:
Amerigo Vespucci conludes that Columbus did not reach Asia |
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa proves that Vespucci was right and that Columbus was wrong |
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One of Ferdinand Megellan's ships sailed around the world |
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