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Compass

Compass. Instrument with north- pointing needle. astrolabe. Instrument for finding latitude by measuring the angle of stars. Prince Henry the Navigator. Set up first European school for navigators Worked with others to design and build other ships

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Compass

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  1. Compass • Instrument with north- pointing needle

  2. astrolabe • Instrument for finding latitude by measuring the angle of stars.

  3. Prince Henry the Navigator • Set up first European school for navigators • Worked with others to design and build other ships • Sent explorers south along Africa’s west coast.

  4. Caravel • Fast sailing Portuguese ship • Designed by Prince Henry the Navigator

  5. Portuguese Explorers • Found gold dust, ivory, and slaves • Became more interested in trade than discovery

  6. John Cabot • Explored the coasts of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia

  7. Giovanni da Verrazano • Sailed from North Carolina to New York

  8. Sir Martin Frobisher • Sailed the coast of Greenland • Discovered the bay that bears his name in northern Canada

  9. Henry Hudson • Explored the Hudson River and sailed to Albany, New York

  10. Bartolomeu Dias • Portuguese captain who first sailed around the tip of Africa • Named the southern tip of Africa the Cape of Storms

  11. Cape of Good Hope • King of Portugal’s name for the Cape of Storms

  12. Vasco da Gama • Orders for the King to “proclaim the Christian Faith” and “wrest kingdoms and new states from the hands of the Barbarians • Led first Portuguese convoy to India

  13. bullion • Gold and silver for making coins

  14. scurvy • A disease caused by lack of Vitamin C

  15. convoy • Large group of ships

  16. Christopher Columbus • Sailed west for waterway to India • Explored the Bahamas, Cuba, and Hispaniola • Later explored the coasts of Venezuela and Central America • Died convinced he found a new way to India

  17. Mutiny • Overthrow of officers • Sailors threatened Christopher Columbus with mutiny

  18. Pope Alexander VI • Pope who drew up demarcation for Spain & Portugal

  19. Papal line of demarcation • Imagine line from North to South pole • Non-Christian land east of the line went to Portugal and land west of the line went to Spain

  20. Treaty of Tordesillas • Treat that gave land west of the line of demarcation to Spain and land east of the line to Portugal • Portugal is able to claim Brazil

  21. conquistadores • Spanish explorers • Set out to find gold Columbus talked about

  22. Ponce de Leon • Explored Florida

  23. Balboa • Crossed the isthmus of Panama • First European to see the great South Sea

  24. Hernando Cortes • Explored Mexico • Spread smallpox • Destroyed Aztec empire • Took large amounts of gold

  25. Francisco Pizarro • Explored Peru • Conquered Incas • Built Lima, Peru • “The City of Kings” • Took gold and silver from native Americans

  26. Hernando de Soto • Explored west of Florida and Mississippi River

  27. Francisco Coronado • Explored the region of the Grand Canyon

  28. Magellan • Looked for western route to the East Indies • Strait of Magellan named after him • He renamed the great South Sea the Pacific ocean • Circumnavigated the world

  29. pacifico • Spanish word for peaceful

  30. circumnavigating • Sailing around the world

  31. Sea dog • Ship’s captain

  32. conquistadores • Spanish conquerors

  33. John Cabot • Explored Newfoundland and Nova Scotia • Looking for a North west passage to India • Claims land for England

  34. Giovanni da Verrazano • Sailed along the Atlantic coast from North Carolina to New York • Italian navigator who sailed for France

  35. Jacques Cartier • Sailed up the St. Lawrence River • Gave French a claim for Eastern Canada

  36. Sir Martin Frobisher • Discovered the Frobisher Bay in Northern Canada

  37. Henry Hudson • Founded the Hudson Bay, Hudson River, and Hudson Strait in Canada Sailed for the Dutch and gave them their claim to the Americas

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