Famous People of the Renaissance Flashcards
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Prince Henry
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- Navigator of Portugal
- discovered a sea route to Africa
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Bartholomew Diaz
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- European navigator or trader
- reached the Cape of Good Hope at the southernmost point of Africa
3
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Christopher Columbus
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- European navigator or trader
- discovered America in 1492
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Vasco da Gama
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- European navigator or trader
- sailed as far as India in 1498
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Ferdinand Magellan
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- European navigator or trader
- made a voyage around the world and reaches a vast ocean, which he called the Pacific ocean
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Roger Bacon
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- original thinkers/forerunners of Renaissance and perhaps scientist
- contemplated the use of horseless carriages and flying machines
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Abelard
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- original thinkers/forerunners of Renaissance
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Thomas Aquinas
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- original thinkers/forerunners of Renaissance
9
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Nicolaus Copernicus
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- scientist
- proved that the earth moves round the sun
10
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Galileo
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- scientist
- invented the telescope
11
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Gutenburg
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- set up first printing press in Germany in the middle of 15th century
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Caxton
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- introduced printing press in England
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Leonardo Da Vinci
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- painter, sculptor, musician, and scientist during the Renaissance
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Andrea del Verrocchio
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- painter during the Renaissance
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Michelangelo
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- painter during the Renaissance
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Raphael
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- painter during the Renaissance
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Donatello
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Lorenzo Ghiberti
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Machiavelli
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Dante
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Petrarch
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Aristo
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23
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Tasso
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24
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Boccaccio
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25
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Geoffrey Chaucer
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26
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Thomas More
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27
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Francis Bacon
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28
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William Shakespeare
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29
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Ben Johnson
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30
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Marlowe
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31
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Milton
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Edmund Spencer
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33
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John Kepler
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34
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Galileo
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35
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Sir Isaac Newton
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36
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Vesalius
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37
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William Harvey
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38
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Paracelsus
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Cordus
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Helmontt
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Desargues
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Stevin
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43
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Arabs
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