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Age Of Exploration

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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Age Of Exploration

BY MACKENZIE STONE
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LEIF ERIKSSON

  • Set sail with a crew of 34 men from Greenland in 1000 AD
  • Born in the year 960 AD
  • The son of Eric the Red
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CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

  • Credited as the first person to discover America
  • Was born in 1451 in a middle class family
  • Died on May 20, 1506
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AMERIGO VESPUCCI

  • Went on many voyages, most of them he was alone
  • Was the youngest of 3 brothers
  • Died of malaria
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THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE

  • Started in the year 1492
  • Brought things to America and to Europe
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CONQUISTADORS

  • Left to sail in 1519
  • Spanish sailers
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NORTHWEST PASSAGE

  • A sea route that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
  • Never found a real northwest passage
Photo by Toronto Public Library Special Collections
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MIDDLE PASSAGE

  • Seen as the most horrific account of slave trade
  • A very known route to America
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