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Chapter 17 Key People
Chapter 17 Key People
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History
11th Grade
11/25/2008

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Prince Henry the Navigator
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Son of King John I of Portugal. He brought together many skilled people to study navigation and sponsored voyages.
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Bartholomeu Dias
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Sailed to: Cape of Good Hope

 

Sailed for: Portugal in 1487

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Vasco da Gama
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Sailed to: India

 

Sailed for: Portugal in 1497

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Christopher Columbus
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Sailed to: West Indies (N. America)

 

Sailed for: Spain

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Ferdinand Magellan
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Sailed: Around the world

 

Sailed for: Spain

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Pedro Alvares Cabral
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Led 13 ships to Calicut 6 months after da Gama returned. He sailed for Portugal.
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Hernan Cortes
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Conquistador who landed in Mexico in 1519 with 600 men, 16 horses, and a few cannons.
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Montezuma II
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Aztec ruler who was deceived by Hernan Cortes.
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Francisco Pizarro
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Conquistador who invaded the Inca Empire in present-day Peru in 1532.
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Atahualpa
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Incan ruler who was overthrown by Francisco Pizarro.
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Henry Hudson
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Sailed to: Land along the Atlantic coast in North America.

 

Sailed for: Netherlands

 

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Sailed to: New York-ish area

 

Sailed for: England

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Jacques Cartier
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Sailed to: St. Lawrence River in present-day Montreal

 

Sailed for: France

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Samuel de Champlain
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Sailed to: Quebec in 1608

 

Sailed for: France

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John Cabot
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Sailed to: Present-day Newfoundland

 

Sailed for: England

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