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THE MAIN CHARACTERS Created on a foldable and placed on R4 GIL EANES • 1ST person to sail past Cape Bojador in 1433 • Captured natives from Canary Island and brought them back to Portugal • Brought opportunity for Portuguese exploration of Africa PRINCE HENRY – “THE NAVIGATOR” • b. 1394 – d. 1460 • Never journeyed to sea • 1416 – founded the school of navigation in Portugal • Organized expeditions for new explorers to the coast of Africa • Taught his students about the latest maps, tools and information about wind currents in the Atlantic Ocean QUEEN ISABELLA AND KING FERDINAND • King and Queen of Spain • Authorized Christopher Columbus’s trips and voyages CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS • Promised to spread Christianity and bring back gold, spices and silk from Asia • Set sail in 1492 on the Nina, Pinta and the Santa Maria • Ended up in Cuba • 1493- Jamaica • 1498- Trinidad and Tobago • 1502- Panama VASCO DE GAMA • Wanted to prove Columbus wrong about the route to India • Terrorized and killed Muslims and Africans on the way to Africa on the way to the Cape of Good Hope FERDINAND MAGELLAN • Led the 1st European voyage to circumnavigate the World • Left September 20, 1519 got to southern South America in October 1520 • Found a path through South America now known as the Straight of Magellan • Took a month