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Tuesday 11-29-16 • “The power of time is clear. It can be measured, be studied, or even plotted on a map, and yet, it is the mortal man who seeks to outlive it.” • Vocab Due Thursday • Test Next Monday • Check my website every day after 4 Zheng He • Chinese Admiral • 1405-25 • Traveled on Emissary missions across the Indian ocean • Giant treasure ships giving away riches of China • Chinese exploration stopped due to Great Wall Christopher Columbus • 1492-1504 • Spain • “discovered” new continent • Failed attempt to travel to India Vasco de Gama • 1497 • Portugal • First to travel to India by going around Africa Ferdinand Magellan • 1519 • Spain • Sailed around South America and across the Pacific. • His ships were the first to circumnavigate the world Hernando Cortes • 1519 • Spain • Spanish Explorer/Conquistador who landed in Mexico. • Conquered the Aztecs and all of their wealth in 1521 Francisco Pizarro • 1532 • Spain • Conquered the Incan Empire and all of its wealth for Spain Samuel de Champlain • 1603 • France • Settled Canada James Cook • British • 1768-1779 • He led the first expedition of sailors known to cross the Antarctic Circle and disproved the existence of the legendary “Southern Continent” • Australia
