Portuguese Voyage Of Exploration Flashcards
Who was Prince henry of portugal?
Was an ambitious nobleman who sponsered many voyages .He became known as the navigator because of the money he spent
Who was Vasco de gama?
Was a portuguese sailor who became the first european sailor to reach India
Who was Bartolomue Diaz?
The first european sailor to reach the bottom of Africa he named it the cape of storm but it was later renamed Cape of good hope by King john
Who was Christopher Columbus ?
King Ferdinand and queen Isabella sponsored Columbus in 1492
Columbus was given 3 ships
Eventually Columbus was convinced he had successfully sailed to India he was wrong
He found an island and named it San Salvador .
He called the natives he met their “Indies”
Columbus returned to the Indies 3 time when he returned back many of he Europeans followed him and were extremely cruel and often committed murder and robbery against them .
Columbus was accused of the crimes towards the Indies and was arrested he proved to be innocent
Who was Ferdinand Magellan?
King Charles V sponsored him to navigate the globe he left Seville with 5 ships
He started with a crew of 284 men and 18 returned on 8th Sept 1522 they proved the earth was round
Magellan was killed in a dispute
