THE AGE oF EXPLORATION

LEIF ERIKSSON

• In 1000 AD he sailed from west Norway to Greenland.
• He was a Viking.
• He was the son of Erik the Red.

CHRISTOPHER COLOMBUS

• He sailed in 1492 AD to find a way to get to Asia, but landed in the Carribeans thinking it was Asia.
• Was born in Genoa, Italy.
• Was an explorer.

FERDINAND MAGELLAN

• In 1522 AD, his ships were the first to circumnavigate, or go all the way around the globe.
• Only his ships and crew made it all the way, he died in the Philippines.

COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE

• European explorers found plants in the America's that were unknown to them.
• They took them back and shared them with the Europeans, but they also got diseases they didn't know how to fight.
• The native Americans also got horses and pigs and other 'goods'.

CONQUISTADORS

• People from Spain came to central and South America and conquered great a,punt of the land.
• They named it New Spain.
• The native Americans were captured by them, and forced to be their slaves.
• As slaves, they went to mines sometimes to get gold.
• The Aztec tried to fight them, but they didn't have as strong weapons, and they died of disease.

NORTHWEST PASSAGE

• Jacques Cartier discovered this passage.
• He was looking for a water route to Asia.
• He ended up in North America.

MIDDLE PASSAGE

• Ships brought slaves through this passage.
• Millions of selves were transported through the passage.
• They had only a little more then 20 inches wide to sleep.
• They got diseases from being so crowded.

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