| A | B |
|---|
| Vasco da Gama | 1st european to reach india by sea |
| marco polo | went asia with his father; found silk and spices |
| Coronado | searched for the seven cities in southwest USA |
| Prince Henry | opened a school for sailors and captains |
| Northwest passage | was thought to be a waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific |
| Ferdinand Magellan | captain of first voyage around the world |
| Jacques Cartier | a french explorer who searched for the NW passage and found St. Lawrence River |
| Christopher Columbus | discoverd America |
| Ponce de Leon | found Florida; looked for fountain of Youth |
| Johannes Guetneburg | invented faster way to make books |
| Hernnando Cortes | went to Mexico and conquered Aztec Indians |
| Bartholomew Dias | sail around the tip of Africa; Tip ofGood Hope |
| Henry Hudson | sailed for England, found HudsonBay and New York City |
