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AP Euro History

Terms in this set (15)

Prince Henry the Navigator
a younger son of the Portuguese king, when he had constructed at Sagres, at the southwestern tip of Portugal, in 1418, a complete base for explorations
Bartholomeu Dias
rounded the Cape of Good Hope in 1488, finding the way around Africa
Vasco de Gama
rounded Africa and reached India in 1498--thus finding a sea route to the Far East
Cabral
Brazil was discovered and claimed for Portugal in 1500 by this man--who was blown off course while on a voyage to India-and then brought under Portuguese control between 1515 and 1570
Christopher Columbus
Discovery of America--a Genoese employed by Spain to pursue his dream of reaching the Far East by sailing westward, and who received the title of "Admiral of the Ocean Sea."--westward route to India
Ponce de León
conquered Puerto Rico and discovered, explored, and named Florida (on Easter Sunday, 1513)
Balboa
discovered the Pacific Ocean after a land journey of twenty-four days across the Isthmus of Panama
Magellan
began the first circumnavigation of the globe
Cortés
the greatest of the "Conquistadores"--conquered the Aztec Empire of Mexico of some one million inhabitants between 1519 and 1521, starting out with 550 men, 16 horses, and 10 cannon
Pizarro
conquered the Inca Empire of Peru of some one and a half million inhabitants between 1531 and 1533, starting out with 62 horsemen, 106 foot soldiers, and a few cannon
John Cabot
born in Genoa--laid the basis for England's claim to North America
Drake
the greatest of the "sea dogs"--extensively raided Spanish commerce and became the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe
Hudson
discovered the Hudson River and explored into the Hudson Bay
Cartier
discovered the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the area of Quebec and Montreal in several voyages, laying the basis for France's claim to Canada
La Salle
the greatest of the French explorers--explored all the way down the Mississippi River to below New Orleans, and named and claimed the entire lower Mississippi area "Louisiana" for King Louis XIV in 1682
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