Age of Exploration

Conquered Mexico and defeated the Aztec

• Francisco Pizarro

• Sir Francis Drake

• Hernan Cortez

• Henry the Navigator

first to circumnavigate globe 

• Christopher Columbus 
• Vasco da Gama 
• Jacques Cartier 
• Ferdinand Magellen 

Conquered Incan Empire and established Lima Peru 

• Prince Henry 
• Christopher Columbus 
• SIr Francis Drake 
• Francisco Pizarro 

First to sail directly from Europe to India

• Bartolomeu Dias 
• Vasco Da Gama 
• Hernan Cortez
• Christopher Columbus 

Portuguese patron of explorers who established navigation school

• Hernan Cortez

• Prince Henry

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Vasco da Gama

tool used to determine direction (N,S,E,W)

• Compass
• Astrolabe 
• caravel 
• telescope 

used to determine latitude using the position of stars 

• compass
• caravel 
• Astrolabe 
• telescope 

Sleek ships that could carry large loads long distances 

• telescope 
• Compass 
• Astrolabe 
• Caravel 

Time period during which Europeans explored the world starting in 1400's 

• Renaissance
• Reformation 
• Middle Ages 
• Age of Exploration 

Mother countries growing wealthy via controlled trade with colonies 

• trade 
• stealing 
• colonies 
• Mercantilism