1. Created on a foldable and placed on R4
The main characters
Created on a foldable and placed on R4

2. GIL EANES 1ST person to sail past Cape Bojador in 1433
Captured natives from Canary Island and brought them back to Portugal
Brought opportunity for Portuguese exploration of Africa

3. PRINCE HENRY – “THE NAVIGATOR”
b – d. 1460
Never journeyed to sea
1416 – founded the school of navigation in Portugal
Organized expeditions for new explorers to the coast of Africa
Taught his students about the latest maps, tools and information about wind currents in the Atlantic Ocean

4. QUEEN ISABELLA AND KING FERDINAND
King and Queen of Spain
Authorized Christopher Columbus’s trips and voyages

5. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
Promised to spread Christianity and bring back gold, spices and silk from Asia
Set sail in 1492 on the Nina, Pinta and the Santa Maria
Ended up in Cuba
1493- Jamaica
1498- Trinidad and Tobago
1502- Panama

6. VASCO DE GAMA Wanted to prove Columbus wrong about the route to India
Terrorized and killed Muslims and Africans on the way to Africa on the way to the Cape of Good Hope

7. FERDINAND MAGELLAN
Led the 1st European voyage to circumnavigate the World
Left September 20, 1519 got to southern South America in October 1520
Found a path through South America now known as the Straight of Magellan
Took a month