Age of Exploration

Conquered Mexico and defeated Aztec 

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

first to circumnavigate globe 

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

First to lay claims in Canada 

• Jacques Cartier 
• Ferdinand Magellan 
• Ferdinand Magellan 
• Christopher Columbus

First Englishman to sail around globe

• Francisco Pizarro 
• Vasco da gama 
• Sir Francis Drake 
• Bartolomeu Dias

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 

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