THE AGE OF EXPLORATION

LEIF ERIKSON

• The son of Erik the red
• Sailed west Norway to Greenland when strong winds blew him of course and carried all the way to north America

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

• Columbus thought he found a new route to Asia but instead he arrived on a island in the Bahamas.
• He also found Native americans thinking he was in asia called the natives Indians .

FERDINAND MAGELLAN

• Portuguese navigator
• Killed on the Philippine island

COLOMBIAN EXCHANGE

• Brought back American plants and and animal

CONQUISTADORS

• Spanish soldiers who led,military expedition in the Americans
• Herman cortes went to present day Mexico in 1519

NORTH WEST PASSAGE

• A path through North America that would allow ships to sail
• Jacques Cartier explored the Saint Lawrence river and claimed land in France

MIDDLE PASSAGE

• The voyage across the Atlantic that enslaved Africans were forced to endure
• Many died of sickness and diseases