| A | B |
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| Christopher Columbus | persuaded Ferdinand & Isabella to fund his exploration of the Indies, found N. America on the way, brought back riches, gold. didn't find Asia |
| Prince Henry "The Navigator" | Portuguese, traveled the w. coast of Africa and charted maps along the way, had a school for navigators...invented the caravel |
| Vasco de Gama | First to reach w. coast of India and evenutally made profits from spices, many of his men died from scurvy but they made their mark establishing a route to India...peace treaty between Africa and Portugal |
| Vasco de Balboa | hacked a forest through forests of Panama, found the "South Sea" or Pacific Ocean |
| Ferdinand Magellan | from Spain and sailed around the tip of S. America, thought the spice islands were a 3 wk. voyage from that point...first person to circumnavigate the globe even though he was killed by Phillipino natives |
| Pedro Cabral | discovered Brazil when blown off course, became Portuguese |
| Bartholomew Diaz | opened a sea route to Asia...first person to sail all around Africa |
| Hernan Cortes | set up alliances with Aztec groups whowere persecuted by overlords with the help of Malinche,an Indian woman, who was his translator |
| Robert Clive | led the British East India Company, gained control of Bengal in northeast India |
| Commander Alfonso de Albuquerque | In 1511 he took Malacca massacring the city's Muslims and making the European's hated and feared |
| John Cabot | a Venetian navigator sent by King Henry VII to find a more northerly route than the one Columbus had charted. |
| Jacques Cartier | explored the St. Lawrence River for France |
| Henry Hudson | explored the Hudson River for the Dutch..looked for the Northwest passage but didnt' fine |
| Francisco Pizarro | arrived in Peru right after a civil war among the Incas which was won by Atahualpa...conquered the Incas and takes over Peru |
