PRINCE HENRY THE NAVIGATOR



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HENRY HUDSON | |

|Which country did he | |

|represent? |England |

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| |Birthplace unknown |

|Background Information |Exact birth date unknown (sometime around the mid 1500’s) |

| |Possibly the grandson of a London alderman (elected official) who helped a trading organization called the Muscovy company. |

|Where were his | |

|expeditions? |Artic Ocean and Northeastern North America |

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|What was the purpose of |Hired by the Muscovy Company in 1607 to find a waterway from Europe to Asia. |

|his expeditions? |Hired by the Dutch East India Company in 1609 to find the Northwest Passage farther south. |

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|What contributions did he |Discovered Jan Mayen Island. |

|make? |Discovered the location which is now New York City. |

| |Has a river, bay, and strait named for him. |

| |His reports resulted in many Dutch settlements in North America |

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|Interesting Facts |Died in 1611 after his crew MUNITIED (challenge and overthrow the captain of a ship) and left him, seven crew members, and his son in a small |

| |boat in a bay near North America. |

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| |CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS |

|Which country did he | |

|represent? | |

| |Spain |

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| |Born in 1451 |

|Background Information | |

| |Was an Italian explorer |

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| |Family were wool weavers |

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| |Born in the Italian seaport of Genoa |

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|Where were his |Made a total of four trips to the Caribbean and South America between 1492 and 1504 |

|expeditions? |Sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492 |

| |Led his first expedition with three ships (2 of the 3 were caravels), the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria (which he was the captain of). |

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|What was the purpose of |Find a new route to the Far East, to China, Japan, and the Spice islands. |

|his expeditions? |Sailed for King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain. |

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|What contributions did he |Landed in the Bahamas and explored much of the Caribbean, including the isles of Cuba and Hispaniola. |

|make? |Explored the coasts of Central America and South America. |

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|Interesting Facts |Never reached what is present day USA, even though he is generally regarded as the first European to reach America. |

| |Has a holiday named after him on October 12th, the day his crew landed in the Bahamas. |

| |While returning from the Caribbean, the Santa Maria was wrecked and the captain of the Pinta sailed off on his own to try to beat him back. |

| |Referred to the inhabitants of San Salvador as “Indians” as he believed he was in India. |

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| |PRINCE HENRY THE NAVIGATOR |

|Which country did he | |

|represent? | |

| |Portugal |

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|Background Information |Born in 1394 |

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| |Died in 1460 |

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| |His devotion to Christianity helped him gain funds for his expeditions in the 1440’s. |

| |Real name was Infante Dom Henrique. |

| |Made governor of Portugal’s southernmost coast, Algarve, in 1419. |

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|Where were his | |

|expeditions? | |

| |West Coast of Africa |

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|What was the purpose of | |

|his expeditions? |Find a route to the rich spice trade of the Indies and explore the west coast of Africa. |

| |Create the much-needed maps of the West African coast. |

| |Defeat the Muslims of Africa and spread Christianity |

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|What contributions did he | |

|make? |Established school for study of the arts of navigation, mapmaking, and shipbuilding. |

| |Developed the CARAVEL – a new and lighter ship that allowed sea captains to sail faster and farther. |

| |Helped the Great Age of Discovery that lasted from the 1400’s to the 1500’s. |

| |The voyages he paid for in the mid-1400’s helped launch Portugal into the front of the race to find a sea route to the Indies. |

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|Interesting Fact | |

| |Never actually sailed on any of the voyages he sponsored. |

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