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| Portugal | The European country that took the lead to find a sea route to Asia. |
| Prince Henry | The king of Portugal's son who started a school to study travel at sea. |
| Navigation | The science that sailors use to plot their course and find their location far from land. |
| "Prince Henry the Navigator" | The name given to Prince Henry for his efforts to increase the knowledge of travel at sea. |
| Slave trade | Besides profiting from the trade of goods, the Portuguese also profited from this, the buying and selling of human beings. |
| Slave | An individual who is owned by a person and has no freedom. |
| Bartolomeu Dias | He discovered the southern tip of Africa in 1488. |
| "Cape of Storms" | The name originally given to the southern tip of Africa. |
| "Cape of Good Hope" | The name that the southern tip of Africa is currently known as. |
| Vasco da Gama | He reached India in 1498 and bacame the first European to reach Asia via a sea route. |
