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Prince Henry the Navigator Henry was the third child of King John I of Portugal Henry started to explore the coast of Africa, and funded 50 explorations He wanted discover the source of West African Gold trade and find Spices in Asia. He gathered Europe’s best navigators and started a navigation school and mapmaking Helped to start European exploration pursuits and spread his religion He started the African slave Trade as he created sugarcane plantations

Bartolomeu Dias A nobleman of the Portuguese royal household was a Portuguese explorer The first European to sail around Cape Good Hope and found a route to the Indian Ocean

Vasco da Gama The first European to reach India through sea The commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India and set up new trade routes He paved the way for the Portuguese to establish a long lasting colonial empire in Asia

New route for Spice Trade

Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus was hired by Spanish monarchy Christopher Columbus believed that Asia would be 2,400 miles west. In fact, 10,000 nautical miles lay between Europe and Asia Christopher Columbus's first voyage with the Nina, Pinta and the Santa Maria began on August 3, 1492. Christopher Columbus and his crew actually discovered the island of San Salvador discovered the Carribeans

Columbus New World route Columbus "discovered" (for the Europeans) many of the Caribbean Islands, South America and Central America.

Ferdinand Magellan He was a Portuguese explorer He served King Charles I of Spain in search of a westward route to the "Spice Islands“ Magellan's expedition of 1519–1522 became the first expedition to sail from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific Ocean ("peaceful sea") The Strait of Magellan named after him His expedition completed the first circumnavigation of the Earth (around world)

Hernando Cortez A Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire The second cousin once removed of Francisco Pizarro Aztec men greeted him with gold and silver Montezuma, the Aztec leader, sent more gifts in hopes that Cortes would go away Cortes conquers the Aztec nation of 5 million with less than 1000 soldiers

Tenochtitlan capitol of Aztec Empire Montezuma II was the ruler

Francisco Pizarro He was born in Trujillo, Spain Reports of Peru's riches and Cortés's success in Mexico tantalized Pizarro Pizarro went to New World and founded the first Spanish settlement in Peru, San Miguel de Piura Inca emperor Atahualpa was captured by Pizarro and executed Pizarro was assassinated by his own countrymen

James Cook He was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy Cook made detailed maps of Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific Ocean He achieved the 1st European contact with the eastern coast of Australia/Hawaii The first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand

Samuel de Champlain The Father of New France", a French navigator, cartographer, draughtsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler In 1608, he established the French settlement that is now Quebec City in Canada. He served as Governor of New France

John Cabot John Cabot was a Genoese navigator and explorer whose 1497 discovery of parts of North America under the commission of Henry VII of England John Cabot made a British claim to land in Canada, mistaking it for Asia