| A | B |
|---|
| Bartolomeu Dias | Portuguese Sailor, sailed around the tip of Africa |
| Treaty of Tordesillas | 1494 agreement between Portugal and Spain, declaring that newly discovered land be divided |
| Dutch East India Company | a company founded by the Dutch in the early 17th century to establish and direct trade throughout Asia |
| Christopher Columbus | 1492 Columbus sailed west across the Atlantic and found the New World |
| encomienda | a grant of land made by Spain to a settle in the Americas |
| colony | land controlled by another nation |
| Hernando Cortex | Spanish explorer that landed on the shores of Mexico and took over the Aztecs |
| conquistador | Spanish soldier, explorer, or fortune hunter who took part in the conquet of the Americas |
| Francisco Pizarro | Spanish conquistador, conquered the Incan Empire |
| Prince Henry | "Henry the Navigator" son of Portugal's king |
