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258090959Vasca De GamaPortuguese explorer, reached India by going around Africa in 1498. He helps start spice trade to the east by sea.0
258090960Zheng HeAn imperial eunuch and Muslim, entrusted by the Ming emperor Yongle with a series of state voyages that took his gigantic ships through the Indian Ocean, from Southeast Asia to Africa. (pp. 355, 422)1
258090961ArawakAmerindian peoples who inhabited the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean at the time of Columbus. (p. 423)2
258090962Henry The Navigator(1394-1460) Portuguese prince who promoted the study of navigation and directed voyages of exploration down the western coast of Africa. (p. 425)3
258090963CaravelA small, highly maneuverable three-masted ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish in the exploration of the Atlantic. (p. 427)4
258090964Gold CoastRegion of the Atlantic coast of West Africa occupied by modern Ghana; named for its gold exports to Europe from the 1470s onward. (p. 428)5
258090965Bartolomeu 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. (p. 428)6
258090966Christopher ColumbasWanted to sail from England to the Indies but ended up in south America. His trip was funded by Ferdinand and Isabella.7
258090967Ferdinad MagellanLed a Spanish expedition and claimed the Philippines, he wanted to establish his own trade empire in the East. He was the first to sail around the world when he explored Guam, the Philippines, and the Pacific Ocean.8
258090968Conquistadorsspanish soldiers and explorers who led military expeditions in the Americas and captured land for Spain9
258090969Hernan CortesSpanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547), Spanish explorer and conquistador who led the conquest of Aztec Mexico in 1519-1521 for Spain. (p. 437)10
258090970MoctezumaAztec Ruler, mistook Cortes to be god and welcomed him into the empire. Offered him gifts, but was killed nonetheless.11
258090971Francisco PizarroSpanish explorer who conquered the Incas in what is now Peru and founded the city of Lima (1475-1541)12
258090972AtahualupaLast ruling inca emperor of Peru. Executed by the spanish.13

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