Download GIL EANES 1 ST person to sail past Cape Bojador in 1433

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