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| Prince Henry the Navigator |
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Son of King John I of Portugal
Organized a "school of navigators" |
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| Sailed all the way to the southern tip of Africa, the Cape of Good Hope |
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| the first European to reach the Far East by sea |
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| Supported by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella to reach the Indies across the Atlantic Ocean |
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| Another name for the Far East |
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| Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria |
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| Three tiny ships that sailed for the Indies under Christopher Columbus |
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| Christopher Columbus's crew discovered the New World |
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| the colony Christopher Columbus founded on Hispaniola |
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| The first man to realize that Columbus had not arrived in Asia, but discovered a new land |
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| The name for the New World named in Vespucci's honor |
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The first Indian tribe encountered by Columbus
Practiced a pantheistic religion which involved many immoral practices |
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The Caribbean Sea is named for them
Notorious for their practice of cannibalism |
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| Built the first great civilization in the Western Hemisphere |
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| The most important Indian civilization in South America |
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| The Inca Indians' capital |
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| The language developed by the Incas that is still spoken today by many Peruvians |
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| The most powerful Native American empire at the beginning of the Age of Exploration |
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| The Aztecs' capital city built on an island in a shallow lake |
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| Made the first Spanish landing on the North American mainland when he was searching for the "fountain of youth" |
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| Crossed the Isthmus of Panama and discovered the Pacific Ocean |
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| Embarked on a three-year voyage around the world in 1519 |
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| Conquered the Aztec Indians |
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| The Aztecs' powerful chieftain at the time of Hernando Cortes |
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| Conquered the Inca Indians of Peru |
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Went on a quest to find legendary cities of gold
A party of his men discovered the Grand Canyon |
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| Discovered the Mississippi River |
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| Explored the coast of California |
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| An imaginary line marked by Pope Alexander VI in 1493 to end the rivalry between Spain and Portugal |
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| Discovered Brazil and began Portugal's empire in the New World |
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| A supposed water route through North America to the Pacific |
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| An Italian explorer who explored the eastern coast of North America for France |
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| discovered the St. Lawrence River in northeastern Canada |
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| the first modern explorer to reach the North American mainland |
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| gave England a major claim to territory in the New World |
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