Exploration

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

• Renaissance
• Reformation 
• Middle Ages 
• Age of Exploration 

Sleek ships with triangular sails that could carry large loads long distances

• Lateen

• Compass

• Astrolabe

• Caravel

Conquered Mexico and defeated Aztec 

• Francisco Pizarro 
• Sir Francis Drake 
• Hernan Cortez 
• Henry the Navigator 

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 

First to sail around the southern tip of Africa 

• Francisco Pizarro 
• Prince Henry the Naviagtor
• Sir Francis Drake 
• Bartolomeu Dias 

A patron of explorers; Established navigation school

• Hernan Cortez

• Prince Henry

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Vasco da Gama

Explorer credited with the discovery of the New World

• Ferdinand Magellan 
• Christoper Columbus
• Bartolomeu Dias 
• Sir Francis Drake 

Mother countries growing wealthy via controlled trade with colonies

• Colombian Exchange

• Age of Exploration

• Encomienda

• Mercantilism

Settled in a new territory or land while the mother country maintains control 

• Colony 
• exploration 
• Mercantilism 
• economy