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Vasco de Gama Portuguese explorer that rounded the tip of Africa, raced across the Indian Ocean, and landed on India's coast - he located a water route to East Asia Christopher Columbus Italian navigator who traveled to the West Indies under the sponsorship of Spain Ferdinand Magellan Spanish navigator who sailed south from America and rounded the tip of the South American continent John Cabot English ship commander who encountered the island of Newfoundland and traveled along the coast of Canana Jacques Cartier French explorer who traveled up the Saint Lawrence River (Canada) astrolabe device used to find latitude at sea compass a device used to find direction when traveling caravel an early type of Portuguese ship cartography the science of map making Strait of Magellan sea route around the southern tip of South America mercantilism the idea that a country gains power by building up its supply of gold and silver export to sell to another country import to buy from another country colony settlement in a new territory that keeps close ties with its homeland commerce the buying and selling of goods in large amounts over long distances invest to put money into a project capitalism a system in which people, rather than governments, own property and make goods Moluccas the Spice Islands of south east Asia Columbian Exchange the global exchange of people, goods, technology, ideas, and diseases that began after Christopher Columbus' voyages pampas grassy plains East India Company English trading empire in India Dutch East India Company Dutch trading empire in Indonesia