THE AGE OF EXPLORATION

LEIF ERIKSSON

• Him and his crew landed on the "Labrador Peninsula in present day Canada."
• Leif Eriksson was a Viking like his father, Erik the Red.

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

• Christopher sailed in three ships-the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria.
• He was trying to find a water route to Asia.

FERDINAND MAGELLAN

• Ferdinand's crew was first to sail around the world.
• Ferdinand sailed around the southern tip of South America.

COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE

• Europeans brought diseases over to America when they came over.
• A trading pattern developed between Europe and America.

CONQUISTADOR

• "Soldiers who led military expeditions in the Americas".
• They conquered a lot a civilizations.

NORTHWEST PASSAGE

• "It allowed ships to sail from the Atlantic to the Pacific".
• "The passageways not actually found "but the voyages led to more interest in North America".

MIDDLE PASSAGE

• "It's a voyage across the Atlantic Ocean that enslaved Africans were forced to endure."
• Some of the slaves killed themselves to end their suffering.

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