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He was the fifth child of the Portuguese King John 1 and responsible for the early development of Portuguese exploration and miritime trade with othercontients Through the systemactic ecploration of Western Africa. He was baptized in Porto, and may have been norn there.
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He was Portugenous nobleman, millitary commander, navigator, and Explorer. He fleet 13 ships for western Alntic Ocean.
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He is the first European known to done that.
He sailed along the west coast of Africa. -
Led to the discovery of America from a European point of view.
He was not the first European to voyage to the New World and did not reach mainland until his third voyage in 1498. -
There were 15 caravels on the voyage.
He sent a letter to the Monarchs proposing to enslave some of the Americas people. -
This divided the newlt discovered lands outside of Europe between Portugal and Spain along the west of the Cape Verde islands. The lands to the east would belong to Portugal and the lands to the west would belong to Spain.
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A Spanish expedition of 11 ships was sailed westward. s08 soliders went wiht Cortes from Cuba in screach for new wealth.
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They were the first to cross the Pacfitic Ocean.
The Manegellantic Penguin was named for him, as he was the first European to note it. -
An astrolabe is an elaborate inclinomater, historically used by Astronomers, Navigetors,and Astrologers. Its many uses include locating and predicting the postitions of the Sun, Moon,Planets, And Stars, determining local time given local latitude and vice-versa.
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He explored the river that was eventually named after him. He sailed by Chania all the way to the Arctic circle.
