Portuguese Explorers
Isabella Cruz
Prince Henry
- "the Navigator"
- began setting up trading posts along the coast of West Africa
Bartolemeu Dias
- first to sail around the tip of Africa: "Cape of Good Hope"
- discovered Brazil
Nadia's Bartolomeu Dias video
Vasco de Gama
- traveled from Europe to Africa to India
- went to Calicutt, India
The Caravel
- had triangular sails, making it possible to sail against the wind