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Son of the king in Portugal, Heard from African merchants about discoveries of gold there.
Europe's supplies of Bullion or gold and silver for making coins were running out.
Became egar for portuguese sailors to explore the west coast of africa. -
Was from Spain and Portugal.
Explored Atlantic coast of South America, 1497-1504; one of
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Was from England.
Explored west coast of Greenland in search of northwest passage to Asia, 1585 -
In 1609, the Dutch sent Henry hudson and English navigator to locate the passage.
He explored the Hudson river and sailed to whta is today Albany, New York. -
English merchants persuaded their king to send John Cabot, and Italian navigator, to the far East by a northwest route. In1497, Cabot set sail with a handful of men.
He explred the coasts of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia and established claims for England in the Americans. -
Was from Spain.
Explored Florida and Gulf region from Texas to Mexico, 1528-36 -
Son of a weaver
was a skilled navigator from genoa
beleived the world was not flat
he tried for eight years to convince monarchs to finance the expedition but they all turned him down -
The spanish monarchs were worried that portugal might try to take from Spain the riches Columbus had discovered. So, they asked Pope Alexander VI for help.
In 1493, the Pope drew a papal line of demarcation or an imaginary line from the North Pole to the south Pole, some 300 mile, or 480 kilometers, west to the Azores Islands. -
He was a Italian Navigator. To find a Northwest passage. He sailed along the Alantic Coast from North Carolina to New York.
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Discoverd Brazil and sailed east to India
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First European to sight shore of pacific Ocean
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Sailed north from the island of Perto Rico to explore Florida.
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Hernan cortez invaded mexico. With the help of guns and the spread of smallpox, he destroyed the native american empire ruled by the Aztec king Montrzuma.
Cortez and his troops took large amounts of gold from the Native Americans to send back to spain. -
was a portuguese explorer. He offred to find spain a western route to the indies, the king accetped the offer. He wanted spain to be just as rich as portugal. he commanded a fleet of five ships/ crews of 25.
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Was from Spain.
Eplored pacific coast to Drake's Bay near San Francisco,1542 -
he was a portuguese noble leda convoy or a group for ships down the tagus river from libson portugal.
been accommpanied by bartameu. -
Jacques Cartier , a French navigator, sailed up yhe St.
Lawrence River as far as present-day Montreal.
This gave the French a claim to eastern Canada. -
He was from England.
First englishman to sail around the world, 1577-80 -
Designed ships
He was the one who accommpanied vasco da gama
He had from the king to" proclaim chritian faith" and to " wrest kingdoms and new states to the hands of the barnarians -
In 1532, Francisco Pizarro invaded the Inca empire. Like Cortez, Pizarro took great treasures of gold and silver from the Native Americans.
