The Search For Spices Flashcards
Who is Prince Henry and why was he important?
He was a Portuguese prince who sponsored technology and map making to send Portuguese mariners around Africa and to Asia
Definition of Moluccas?
Island chain in present-day Indonesia, which is the chief source of spices in the 1400s
What is the definition of cartographer?
Map maker
Who is Vasco da Gama and why was he important?
He was a Portuguese navigator who is the first to sail around Africa and then to Asia
Who is Christopher Columbus?
He was an Italian navigator who was sponsored by Spanish monarchs to sail west across the Atlantic and explored what became the Americas
What was the line of demarcation
It was a line drawn by the pope dividing the non-European world into two zones split between Spain and Portugal
What was the Treaty of tordesillas?
It was a 1494 treaty in which spain and Portugal officially agreed to the line of demarcation
Who was Ferdinand Magellan
He was a Portuguese noble man; his crew were The first to circumnavigate the globe in 1522
What is the definition of circumnavigate?
To sail around the world
What is an astrolabe
An ancient device adapted for finding latitude and telling time
What is a caravel
A new, lighter, fast ship that could travel long distances
What was the Columbian exchange
The trading of goods from one side of the line of demarcation to the other; Portugal to spain
Where did Columbus think that he was headed to
The East Indies
