Unit 3 Vocab

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Small, fast Spanish or Portuguese sailing ship (15th–17th centuries)

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Caravel

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Main initiator of the Age of Discoveries.

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Henry the Navigator

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Portuguese explorer, first European to reach India by sea.

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Vasco da Gama

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Italian explorer and navigator who completed four Atlantic voyages for Spain.

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Christopher Columbus

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Portuguese explorer who left Spain in 1519 with five ships to find a western route to the Spice Islands and was the first European to cross the Pacific Ocean.

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Ferdinand Magellan

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Sail or travel around the world.

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Circumnavigate

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Vice admiral, English sea captain, privateer, navigator, slaver, politician of the Elizabethan era.

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Sir Francis Drake

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Explored modern New York while seeking a western route to Asia; has a river named after him and laid the foundation for Dutch colonization.

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Henry Hudson

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Word for a grant by the Spanish Crown to a colonist in America, allowing tribute and forced labor from local Indians.

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Encomienda

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Spanish Conquistador who led the fall of the Aztec Empire.

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Hernan Cortes