THE AGE OF EXPLORATION

LEIF ERIKSSON

• First to reach America
• He spread Christianity
• He brought back grapes from Euorpe
• He was the son of Erik the Red

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBOUS

• He sailed the ocean blues in 1492
• He was a navigator and admiral for Castile
• He sailed three ships

FERDINAND MAGELLAN

• He died in a fight against the Filipinos
• He almost circumnavigated the world

COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE

• A successful golden age of trade
• They brought many things around the world

CONQUISTADORS

• Spanish conquerors
• Heranàn Cortès left Cuba to sail to present day Mèxico in 1519

NORTHWEST PASSAGE

• Was a passage of water to North America
• Allowed ships to sail to the Atlantic to the Pacific

MIDDLE PASSAGE

• Slaves were captured in Africa
• Slaves had to march 1000 miles
• Was the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean
• Slaves were crammed onto a ship