Age of Exploration

Giovanni da Verrazano

• Explored the Atlantic Coast starting in North Carolina

• Discovered the Pacific Ocean

• Mapped the Great Lakes

• Traveled to South America

John Cabot

• Discovered Newfoundland (Canada)

• Sailed around the world

• Founded the Jamestown colony

• Discovered the Mississippi River

Line of Demarcation

• A line that divides the Americas between Spain and Portugal

• A boundary established by the United Nations

• A border between the United States and Canada

• A line separating different time zones

Francisco Pizarro

• Conquered the Inca

• Discovered America

• Explored the Amazon River

• Established the Spanish Armada

What inventions made exploration possible?

• compass, caravel, astrolabe

• steam engine, telegraph, airplane

• satellite, GPS, sonar

• submarine, hot air balloon, bicycle

encomienda

• Spanish grant of land that included the Native Americans living on the land

• A type of Spanish ship used for exploration

• A legal document for trade agreements

• A religious mission established in the Americas

Hernan Cortes

• Conquered the Aztec

• Discovered America

• Explored the Amazon River

• Founded the Inca Empire

Jacques Cartier

• discovered the St. Lawrence River

• was the first to circumnavigate the globe

• founded Quebec City

• explored the Amazon River

Ferdinand Magellan

• First to sail around the world.

• First to discover America.

• First to circumnavigate the globe by land.

• First to reach the South Pole.

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• First European to see the Atlantic Ocean

• First European to see the Pacific Ocean

• First European to discover America

• First European to circumnavigate the globe