Age Of Exploration

Age Of Exploration
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Christopher Columbus is best known for discovering the Americas. He was born in 1451 and died in 1506.

Table Of Contents

Objects Page Numbers

Explorers 3-14
Tools 15-16
Ships 17-22

Explorers (Purple) Objects (Pink) Ships (Teal)

● Vasco Da Gama ● Traverse Board ● Fluit
● Zheng He ● Quadrant ● Caravelle
● Christopher Newport ● Victoria Ship
● James Cook ● Barque
● Hernando Cortes ● Carrack or Nao
● Francisco Pizarro ● Galleon
● Henry Hudson
● Bartolomeu Dias
● Francis Drake
● Samuel De Champlain
● Ferdinand Magellan
● Walter Raleigh

Vasco Da Gama

Vasco Da Gamas life goal was
to find a direct rout to Asia.
He was successful with this
and found a direct route
over seas to Asia. He also got
to Africa by sailing around
India.

Zheng He

Zheng He made seven

voyages from 1405 to 1433.

He is best known for leading

a very large fleet of ships

and for establishing Chinese

trade. On the left is a map of

Zheng He’s route that he

took. Map

Christopher Newport

Christopher Newport was an English
explorer who died of an unknown
death. He was born in 1561 and died
in 1617. He is best known for leading
ships to Jamestown and exploring
the Chesapeake Bay.

This is a very detailed drawing of
Christopher Newport.

James cook

James Cook was an English
explorer. He has made
three voyages to search
for the southern
continents and expand
their land.

This official portrait of Captain
James Cook was done around 1775.

Hernando cortes

Hernando Cortes was a spanish
explorer. He defeated the Aztec
empire and built Mexico city in
1519.

This image is of a portrait that was
done in the 16th century of Hernando
Cortes in his youth.

Francisco Pizarro

Francisco Pizarro was born in
1475 and died in 1541. He
conquered the Incan empire
and Spain took control of
South America.

This image is a portrait of Francisco
Pizarro.

Henry Hudson

Henry Hudson was an explorer who
made four voyages. For his first and
second voyages he used the Hopewell
ship. For his third voyage he used a ship
called the Half Moon and for his fourth
voyage he used the Discovery Ship.

This image is a drawing of Henry Hudson.

Bartolomeu Dias

Bartolomeu Dias was the first
European to sail around the tip
of Africa. He did this to get to Asia
over a sea route. Sailing around
the tip of Africa was a very hard
thing to do at the time.

This statue is located at the high
commission of South Africa in London.

Francis Drake

Francis Drake was an
English explorer. Drake
seized lots of gold on his
second voyage when he
attacked a Spanish trade
route.

This image is of Sir Francis Drake
in 1577.

Samuel De Champlain

Samuel De Champlain was a
French explorer. He was born
in 1570 and died of natural
causes in 1635. He also
founded Quebec, which
eventually led to being the first
French colony in Canada.

This image is of a portrait that was
done around the 19th century.

Ferdinand Magellan

Ferdinand Magellan is
considered the first European
to cross the Pacific Ocean. All, or
most, of the ships he used had
black tar on their halls, these
ships were known as black
ships.

This is an image of a portrait of
Ferdinand Magellan that was taken
in the 16-17th century.

Walter Raleigh

He is an English explorer that failed at
making the colony of Roanoke island.
After he failed, he tried again (but with a
new leader) and succeed. However, he
had to return to Europe to gather more
supplies and when he returned to the
Island of Roanoke the colony was
completely ruined.

Here is a map of Roanoke Island.

Traverse Board

This was commonly found on
ships. It was a device that used
speed to measure the direction
you were going. It was also used
to record direction, speed, and
time.

These images are of different style
traverse boards.

Quadrant

This was commonly used on ships
during the early 1400s. This is called
a quadrant because it was ¼ of a
circle, or just a quadrant of a circle.
This was commonly used as a
navigation device.

This is a picture of a sketch or plans in
1548.

Fluit

This ship was used as a bulk carrier
or cargo carrier. The ship was easy
to build and inexpensive, which made
it ideal at the time.

These images are both pictures of different
fluit ships used around 1683.

Caravel

This ship was used for fishing
purposes and transporting cargo.
It dates back all the way to the
1400s. It usually had 2-3 masts that
were interchangeable.

This image is of a caravel ship that was
used from the 1400s to the 1600s.

Victoria ship

The victoria ship was a well known
ship that was similar to a Spanish
carrack. This ship was the first ship
to circumnavigate the world.

This image is of the victoria ship around
1610.

Barque

The barque was a ship that used
square sails and oars. This ship was
a mix between the caravel and
carrack, which then had 3 masts.

This image is of a barque ship that was
embedded in ice.

Carrack Or Nao

The carrack or nao was a ship. The ships
were developed and appeared in the 13th
and 14th centuries. These ships were
very stable in the middle of the ocean
and was large enough to be considered
an exploration ship.

This image is of the Victoria Ship which was
created by the style of a Carrack or Nao.

Galleon

The galleon was a ship that developed in the
16th century. Depending on the region you
are at, the design of the ship was very
different. This ship was developed from the
carrack and the caravel.

Jacques Cartier(I just did an extra explorer)

Jacques Cartier was a French
explorer. He gave Canada and
Canadians their name. He also
discovered part of the mouth
of the Saint Lawrence River.

This image is an oil portrait that was
done around 1844.