THE AGE OF EXPLORATION

LEIF ERIKSSON

• Found Northern American coast.
• He was a Viking.
• Son of Erik the Red.

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

• Sailed ocean blue in 1492.
• Was looking for water route to Asia.
• Ran into present day Cuba.
• Died thinking he found Asia

FERDINAND MAGELLAN

• Crew was first people to circumnavigate the globe.
• Journey was 40,000 miles long.
• He died during war in the Philippines.

COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE

• Started with Columbus's explorations
• Traded plants, animals.
• Trading was between Europe, Asia, and Africa.
• It changed the world.

CONQUISTADORS

• Where soldiers who led military journeys.
• Hernán Cotés was a famous conquistadors.
• Had superior weapons.
• Formed alliances with Aztec enemies.

NORTHWEST PASSAGE

• Fake water route in North America from Pacific to Atlantic .
• Explored coast from Canada to North Carolina.
• Jacques Cartier explored Saint Lawrence River.
• Passage was not found.
• Voyages led to interest in North America.

MIDDLE PASSAGE

• Voyage across Atlantic.
• Enslaved Africans, forced to endure.
• Slaves were chained together as cargo in ships.
• Led to African Dispora.