Ch3 Age of Discovery

European Explorers

Marco polo

Marco polo

Traveled throughout Asia Wrote a book about his travels His book sparked the Renaissances in Europe in 1400's.

Prince Henry

Prince of Portugal Started a school of navigation school made better ships, maps, and tools of navigation

Columbus

Funded by Spain sail west find a route to Asia He believed he reached Asia but he was really in Bahamas

Cabot

Funded by England Find route to Asia by sailing west He thought he reached Asia.

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

Balboa

funded by Spain Crossed the Isthmus of panama and reached the Pacific

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

Treaty or Tordesillas

Portugal got brazil agreement between and PortugalSpain got most of North and South America

Ponce de Leon

Funded by