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136049519Zheng He1371-1433; Imperial eunuch and Muslim entrusted by Ming emperor Yongle with a series of state voyages that took his huge ships through the Indian Ocean, from Southeast Asia to Africa0
136049520ArawakAmerindian peoples who inhabited the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean at the time of Columbus1
136049521Henry the Navigator1394-1460; Portuguese prince who promoted the study of navigation and directed voyages of exploration down the western coast of Africa2
136049522caravelA small, highly maneuverable 3-masted ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish in the exploration of the Atlantic3
136049523Gold CoastA region of the Atlantic coast of West Africa occupied by modern Ghana; named for its gold exports to Europe from the 1470s onward4
136049524Bartolomeu Dias1450?-1500; Portuguese explorer who in 1488 led the first expedition to sail around the southern tip of Africa from the Atlantic and sight the Indian Ocean5
136049525Vasco de Gama1460?-1524; Portuguese explorer who, in 1497-1498, led the 1st naval expedition from Europe to sail to India, opening an important commercial sea route6
136049526Christopher Columbus1451-1506; Genoese mariner who in the service of Spain led expeditions across the Atlantic, reestablishing contact between the peoples of the Americas and the Old World and opening the way to Spanish conquest and colonization7
136049527Ferdinand Magellan1480?-1521; Portuguese navigator who led the Spanish expedition of 1519-1522 that was the 1st to sail around the world8
136049528conquistadorsEarly 16th century Spanish adventurers who conquered Mexico, Central America and Peru9
136049529Hernan Cortes1485-1547; Spanish explorer and conquistador who led the conquest of Aztec Mexico in 1519-1521 for Spain10
136049530Moctezuma II1466?-1520; Last Aztec emperor and was overthrown by Cortes11
136049531Fransisco Pizarro1475?-1541; Spanish explorer who led the conquest of the Inca empire of Peru in 1531-153312
136049532Atahualpa1502?-1533; Last ruling Incan emperor of Peru and was executed by the Spanish13
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