Voyages Of Exploration: From The Mediterranean To The Atlantic

Question 1

Prince henry of portugal

Answer 1

conquered Ceuta (Moroccan port)
-quickened the pace of european exploration

Question 2

1488 Bartolomeu Dias

Answer 2

• Cape of Good Hope to the Indian Ocean
• lay open the routes to india, china, SE Asia (spices)
• europeans can trade directly without muslim intermediaries

Question 3

1497 Vasco da Gama

Answer 3

• India
• he had a bad voyage and india didn’t really want his stuff
• but he came back with pepper and cinnamon that was profitable
• English and Dutch started trading more in indian ocean basin

Question 4

Cristoforo Colombo (christopher Columbus )

Answer 4

• tried to get to asia by going west
• america
• established links between e and w hemisphere paved the way to conquest, settlement, and exploration of the americas

Question 5

vasco nunez de Balboa

Answer 5

sighted the pacific ocean while searching fro gold in panama

-noone knew how big the pacific ocean was

Question 6

Ferdinand Magellan

Answer 6

first to circumnavigate the world
-E as far as spice islands of Maluku
-tried to sail west to asia like CC
-enduring journey
-Magellan died in the phillipines in a political dispute 
but his crew went home

Question 7

Sir Francis Drake

Answer 7

scouted west coast of N America as far as Vancouver island
-looking for a passage to asia
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Question 8

Vitus Bering

Answer 8

• went through the icy Arctic Ocean and Bering Strait

- looking for a NE passage to Asian ports

Question 9

Captain james Cook

Answer 9

3 expeditions to the Pacific

• died in a scuffle with Hawaiians
• charted Eastern Australia and New Zealand
• added new Caledonia, Vanuatu, and hawaii to the european maps
• he also helped europeans understand the people around the pacific