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10344506311Zheng HeAn imperial eunuch and Muslim, entrusted by the king emperor Yongle w/ a series of state voyages that took his gigantic ships through the Indian Ocean, from South East Asia to Africa0
10344506312ArawakAmerindian peoples who inhabited the greater Antilles of the Caribbean at the time of Columbus1
10344506313Henry the NavigatorPortuguese prince who promoted the study of navigation and directed voyages of exploration down the west coast of Africa2
10344506314CaravelA small, highly maneuverable three master ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish in the exploration of the Atlantic3
10344506315Gold CoastRegion of the Atlantic coast i west Africa occupied by modern Ghana4
10344506316Bartolomeu DiasPortuguese explorer who in 1488 led the first expedition to sail around the southern tip of Africa from the Atlantic and sight the Indian Ocean5
10344506317Vasco de GamaPortuguese explorer who led the first naval expedition from Europe to sail to India6
10344506318Christopher ColumbusGenoese mariner who in the services of Spain led expeditions across the Atlantic; reestablished contact between the peoples of the americas and the old world and opening the way to Spanish conquest and colonization7
10344506319Ferdinand MagellanPortuguese navigator who led the Spanish expedition; was the first to sail around the world8
10344506320ConquistadorsEarly 16th century Spanish adventurers who conquered Mexico, Central America, and Peru9
10344506321Hernan CortesSpanish explorer and conquistador who led the conquest of Aztec Mexico for Spain10
10344506322Moctezuma 2Aztec emperor who died woke in custody of the Spanish conquistador Herman Cortes11
10344506323AtahualpaLast ruling inca emperor of Peru; executed by the Spanish12
10344506324Francisco PizarroSpanish explorer who led the conquest of the inca empire of Peru13

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