Traveled throughout Asia Wrote a book about his travels His book sparked the Renaissances in Europe in 1400's.
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Prince Henry
Prince of Portugal Started a school of navigation school made better ships, maps, and tools of navigation
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Columbus
Funded by Spain sail west find a route to Asia He believed he reached Asia but he was really in Bahamas
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Cabot
Funded by England Find route to Asia by sailing west He thought he reached Asia.
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Amerigo Vespucci
Funded by Spain He sailed down the coast of south America North and south America is named after him He recognized that the American were new found lands
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Balboa
funded by Spain Crossed the Isthmus of panama and reached the Pacific
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Magellan
funded by Spain 5 ships Named the Pacific Ocean He sailed west to reached Philippines died in battle One ship traveled all the way around the whorled
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Treaty or Tordesillas
Portugal got brazil agreement between and Portugal Spain got most of North and South America
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