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to sail around the world
circumnavigate
how did sailors navigate?
by stars, winds, waves, birds,compass, maps.
what did European countries want to find during the Age of Exploration?
New lands, trade routes, treasure, and land to claim
Conquistador
A Spanish conqueror of the Americas
armada
a large group of ships
Vasco da Gama's discovery of a route to
India by sea
Christopher Columbus discovered
the way to America.
Amerigo Vespucci discovered
South America
Ture or false? Columbus discovered India -
false
who was the first to circumnavigate the world?
Ferdinand Magellan
