THE AGE OF EXPLORATION

LEIF ERIKSSON

• He was the son of Erik the Red.
• He was a Viking.

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

• Sailed west across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492.
• On August 3, 1492, he sailed with the Nina, Pinta, and the Santa Maria.

FERDINAND MAGELLAN

• He was a Portuguese navigator.
• His crew was the first to circumnavigate the globe.

THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE

• European explorers found plants they have never heard of.
• It involved the Americas, Asia, Africa, and Europe.

CONQUISTADORS

• They were Spanish soldiers.
• They conquered the Aztec.

NORTHWEST PASSAGE

• It was a path through North America.
• Ships can sail from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.

MIDDLE PASSAGE

• It was a voyage across the Atlantic.
• About 12 million Africans were shipped across the Atlantic as slaves.