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11791117917ArawakAmerindian peoples who inhabited the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean at the time of Columbus.0
11791117918Henry the Navigator(1394-1460) Portuguese prince who promoted the study of navigation and directed voyages of exploration down the western coast of Africa.1
11791117919CaravelA small, highly maneuverable three-masted ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish in the exploration of the Atlantic.2
11791117920Gold CoastRegion of the Atlantic coast of West Africa occupied by modern Ghana; named for its gold exports to Europe from the 1470s onward.3
11791117921Bartolomeu DiasPortuguese explorer who in 1488 led the first expedition to sail around the southern tip of Africa from the Atlantic and sight the Indian Ocean.4
11791117922Vasco da GamaPortuguese explorer. In 1497-1498 he led the first naval expedition from Europe to sail to India, opening an important commercial sea route.5
11791117923Christopher ColumbusHe mistakenly discovered the Americas in 1492 while searching for a faster route to India.6
11791117924Ferdinand MagellanPortuguese navigator who led the Spanish expedition of 1519-1522 that was the first to sail around the world.7
11791117925ConquistadorA Spanish conqueror of the Americas8
11791117926Hernan CortesSpanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547)9
11791117927Moctezuma II(1466-1520) Aztec ruler from 1502 to 1520; he was the emperor of the Aztecs when Cortés and his army conquered the empire. He was taken prisoner and killed during battle with the Spanish army.10
11791117928AtahualpaLast ruling Inca emperor of Peru. He was executed by the Spanish.11
11791117929Fransisco PizarroSpanish explorer who led the conquest of the Inca Empire of Peru in 1531-1533.12

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