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Marco Polo
Traveled throughout Asia Write a book about his travels His book sparked the Renaissance in Europe in 1400's
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Prince Henry
Prince of Portugal Opened school of navigation School/He made better maps, ships, and tools of navigation
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Christopher Columbus
Funded by Spain Goal-sail west to reach Asia Needed money, ships, crew, and supplies He thought he reached Asia, but he was in the Bahamas
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Cabot
Funded by England Searching for the Northwest Passage to Asia He thought he reached Asia Claimed new found land and Labrador for England
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Amerigo Vespucci
Funded by Spain Explored coast of South America Found a new land What he saw, didn't match Marco Polo's book Mapmaker named North and South America after him
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Balboa
Funded by Spain Crossed the Isthmus of Panama to reach the Pacific Proved that Vespucci was right about a new continent
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Magellan
Funded by Spain Named the Pacific When he reached the Philippines, he was killed One ship returned to Spain; first Europeans to travel the world
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Ponce de Leon
Funded by Spain Searched for the fountain of youth Claimed Florida for Spain First Spanish to set foot on North America
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Cortes
Spanish Conquistador To find gold in the land of the Aztecs Conquered the Aztecs and stole their land in Mexico
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Coronado
Spanish Conquistador Searched for golden cities Claimed the Southwest for Spain
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Pizarro
Spanish Conquistador Searched for gold in the land of the Aztecs Conquered the Incas and stole their land
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De Soto
Spanish Conquistador Claimed Southeast region for Spain
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Giovanni da Verrazano
Funded by France Searched for the Northwest Passage to Asia Met Native Americans Explored the coasts of North and South America
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Jacques Cartier
Funded by France Looking for the Northwest Passage to Asia Claimed the St. Lawrence River area for France
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Henry Hudson
Funded by trading co. His crew mutinied against him Claimed Hudson Bay for England Claimed Hudson River Valley for Netherlands
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Treaty of Tordesillas
Agreement between Spain and Portugal Spain got most of North and South America Portugal got Brazil
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Vikings
This group reached North America 500 years before Columbus
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Northwest Passage
A short cut to Asia through North America
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Problems early explorers faced...
They needed money for ships, crew, and supplies They needed better maps and tools for sailing Long voyages in the unknown water was dangerous
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Columbus thought he reached Asia by sailing west...
He was actually in the Bahamas off the coast of North America
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What two facts proved Columbus was not in Asia, but on the new land?
Vespucci realized that he had reached new land because what he saw didn't match Marco Polo's book Balboa sailed west and crossed the Isthmus of Panama to reach the Pacific, proving that it was not Asia, but a new land
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What were some costs and benefits of expeditions?
Costs - money for ships, crew, and supplies Benefits - countries would gain new land and become rich
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Why did so many countries want to find the Northwest Passage?
They wanted to have a faster route to China so they could bring the silk and spices back and get rich selling them in Europe
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Why wasn't anyone successful at finding the Northwest Passage?