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| Dias | Portuguese explorer who reached the Cape of Good Hope, the southern tip of Africa |
| Magellan | Portuguese, his crew was the first to circumnavigate |
| Drake | the first Englishman to sail around the world |
| Cabot | English, claims Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and New England |
| Cabral | Portuguese explorer who discovered Brazil |
| Hudson | Dutch explorer who claimed New Amsterdam |
| Vespucci | Italian, first to recognize that the Americas were a newly discovered continent |
| Da Gama | Portuguese, first all-water route to India |
| Pizarro | Spanish,conquered the Incas in Peru |
| Verrazano | French, searched for the Northwest Passage |
| Cortes | Spanish, defeated the Aztecs in Mexico |
| mercantalism | theory that a nation's pwoer depends upon its wealth |
| joint-stock company | organization that raised money for exploration by selling shares in the venture |
| gold, god, and glory | the three major motivating forces behind exploration |
| Ferdinand & Isabella | Spanish monarchs who supported Columbus' voyage |
