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PowerPoint #2 Columbus and Some Geography
Exploration Age PowerPoint #2 Columbus and Some Geography
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Italian: Cristoforo Colombo; Spanish: Cristóbal Colón; Portuguese: Cristóvão Colombo
Columbus is considered Italian as his name was Italian, but there is dispute today about his birthplace. as Italian, but there is dispute today about his birthplace. This Portrait was made by the Florentine painter Ridolfo Ghirlandaio ( ).
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Columbus landed in the Bahamas first on an island he called San Salvador. So where is “San Salvador” and why the name?
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Who remembers the names of Columbus’ three ships on his first voyage?
Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria
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Columbus’ 1st Voyage
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Columbus’ 2nd Voyage
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Columbus’ 3rd Voyage
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Columbus’ 4th Voyage
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Christopher and Bartolomeu Columbus’ 1490 Map
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Amerigo Vespucci - a Florentine, hired as a clerk by Lorenzo de' Medici, he helped discover South America in 1500 the Americas are named after him one of the first to realize Columbus discovered a “New World”, not Asia
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Columbian Exchange Domesticated Animals
Old World to New World New World to Old World alpaca dog guinea pig llama turkey bee cat camel chicken cow dog goat goose horse rabbit (domestic) pig rock pigeon sheep silkworm water buffalo
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Old World to New World mango millet oat
Almond, apple ,apricot, artichoke, asparagus banana barley beet black pepper cabbage cantaloupe carrot coffee cotton citrus cucumber eggplant flax garlic hemp kiwifruit kola nut lettuce mango millet oat okra olive onion opium peach pea pear pistachio radish rhubarb rice rye soybean sugarcane taro tea turnip wheat walnut watermelon New World to Old World amaranth avocado bean bell pepper blueberry cashew chia chicle chili pepper coca cocoa huckleberry maize (corn) manioc (cassava, yuca) papaya peanut pecan pineapple potato pumpkin quinoa rubber squash sunflower sweet potato tobacco tomato vanilla
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