THE AGE OF EXPLORATION

LEIF ERIKSSON

• Son of Erik The Red
• Was the first European to set foot on North America

CHRISTOPHER COLLUMBOS

• So called the first man to discover north America
• Was born in Italy but had Spain pay for the voyage

FERDINAND MAGELLON

• Was the first to circumnavigate the globe
• His crew continued the journey after he was killed in south America

COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE

• They transported new foods and tobacco from North America
• England gave us sugar cane and cattle but they also brought desies
• It created a lot of Welth.

CONQUISTORDIORS

• Concord native civilizations and turned them in to slaves.
• Made them work in gold mines.
• Explored South America

NORTH EAST PASSAGE

• Around this time explores where trying to find a route to the pacific
• But the ended up exploring America

MIDDLE PASSAGE

• This was used for slave trades
• The conditions where so bad that many slaves died on the trip
• The route started in Europe then to Africa then to America and back again