| A | B |
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| Prince Henry | Portuguese leader who started a school for navigators |
| Giovanni Caboto | Italian explorer who landed in present day Newfoundland but told people he had found Cathay in China. |
| Ferdinand Magellan | European who proved it was possible to reach Asia by sailing west from Europe. |
| Leif Eriksson | Leader of first Europeans to visit the Americas. |
| Pacific Ocean | body of water reached by Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa. |
| Constantinople | city captured by the Turks, closing off trade route between Europe and Asia. |
| Vikings | First European people to known to have visited the Americas. |
| Vinland | name of the European settlement in the americas. |
| Vasco de Gama | Portugese explorer who found a sea route to Asia by sailing around Africa |
| Martin Behaim | First European to make a globe. |
| Amerigo Vespucci | Italian explorer who figured out the Columbus did NOT reach Asia. |
| Guanahani | local name for the island on which Columbus first landed. |
| Marco Polo | European whose descriptions of the riches of China made settlers want to go to Asia |
| Bartholomeu Dias | Portuguese explorer was the First European to sail around the Southern tip of Africa |
