THE AGE OF EXPLORATION

LEIF ERIKSSON

• Is the son of Erik the Red

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

• He is a sailor from genoa
• He promised great riches new territory
• He died in 1506

FERDINAND MAGELLAN

• Sails around the southern tip of South America
• He was killed in the Philippine

COLOMBIAN EXCHANGE

• It started with the explorations
• The traded lots of cool stuff

CONQUISTADORS

• Hernan wanted to be ther president
• There lands where rich source of gold and silver

NORTH WEST PASSAGE

• They allowed ships to sail from the Atlantic to the pacific
• They explored the coast from Canada to North America

MIDDEL PASSAGE

• In the crowded ships disease it spread really fast
• Many of the slaves died of sickness