Explorers/Navigators

Question 1

Bartholomew Dias

Answer 1

-Bartolomeu Dias was a Portuguese explorer and navigator
-In 1488 became the first European to sail around Africa’s southern tip, the Cape of Good Hope.
- Paving the way for Vasco da Gama’s voyage to India.
-His expedition proved a sea route between Europe and Asia was possible, opening the way for sea trade

Question 2

Vasco da Gama

Answer 2

-Portuguese Navigator
-First European to sail to India
in 1498
-The hand guy

Question 3

Ferdinand Magellan

Answer 3

-His remaining cree members were the first people to surcume navigate the globe
-He was Portuguese but Sailed for Spain
-Left in 1519 on a quest to travel around the entire world.
-Sailed for Charles V
-Died on the way
-Only one of 5 ships retired
-Only 18 of 237 men made it back alive

Question 4

Prince Henry the Navigator

Answer 4

-Portuguese
-Built a Navigation school: The Institute of Sarges

Question 5

Christopher Columbus

Answer 5

-Sails for Isabella I
-In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue
-Fist to discover the “new world”

Question 6

Hernando Cortez

Answer 6

-Left in 1519
-Sailed for Charles I of Spain
-Was supposed to sail to Cuba
-Disobeyed him and sailed to modern day Mexico and conquered the Aztec Empire

Question 7

Francisco Pizarro

Answer 7

-Sailed for Charles I of Spain
-Lead the conquest of the Incan Empire