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| cartographer | mapmakers |
| line of demarcation | an imaginary line running from north pole to south pole that goes down the middle of the Atlantic. Split up land between the Spanish and Portuguese. |
| circumnavigation | circling of the globe |
| Prince Henry the Navigator | Son of King John, not a sailor, brought together mapmakers, mathematicians and astronomers to study navigation |
| Bartholomeu Dias | Left Portugal to find southern tip of Africa which was later named Cape of Good Hope |
| Vasco da Gama | Sailed from Portugal for India and found Hindu's and Muslim's trading silk, porcelain and other spices |
| Christopher Columbus | Wanted to sail through Atlantic to India but instead he landed in what is the present day Bahamas. He was from Italy. Had 3 ships |
| Ferdinand Magellan | Portuguese soldier, looked for western route to Asia, Had 5 ships, finally found a narrow passage way at the southern tip of South America which is now named Straight of Magellan |
| Cape of Good Hope | southern tip of Africa, founded by Bartholomeu Dias |
| Straight of Magellan | A narrow water passageway at the southern tip of South America founded by Ferdinand Magellan |
| Who perfected the compass? | The Chinese for use in determining direction |
| Who perfected the astrolabe? | The Arabs to find altitude of the sun or other heavenly bodies |
| What was the ship that drew little water and was capable of carrying 130 tons of cargo? | The caravel |
| What were the islands in the Bahamas that Christopher Columbus founded? | Haiti, Dominican Republic, and Cuba |
| Amerigo Vespucci | Suggested that Christopher Columbus had discovered a "new world". |
