AGE OF EXPLORATION

LEIF ERIKSSON

• The son of Erik the Red
• He was the first to discover Portugal

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

• He was a sailor from Genoa,Italy
• He had discovered a continent that was unknown

FERDINAND MAGELLAN

• A Portuguese navigator and had left Spain to sail
• He returned to Spain in 1522

COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE

• A route to the Americas
• Traded cattle and disease

CONQUISTADORS

• Soldiers who led military expositions to the Americas
• Helped defeat the Aztec and Inca

NORTHWEST PASSAGE

• It was a route to Asia to find riches and gold
• It was a water route

MIDDLE PASSAGE

• Was a water route from North America to Africa
• Was a route from North America to Africa so they can enslave African American