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| Portuguese; used counterclockwise winds to get around southern tip of Africa |
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| financed by Ferdinand and Isabella; sought route to China to spread Christianity |
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| first to realize Americas were not India; named the continent after him |
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| circumnaviaged the entire globe |
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| brilliant and ruthless; captured Tenochtitlan in a bloody battle |
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| Prince Henry the Navigator |
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| Portuguese leader who directed Portugal to sail into the Atlantic, spread Christianity and outlank Muslim domination |
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| famous ruler of Mali; expanded Mali's controll westward and increased the role of Islam |
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