Explorers- Columbus,Gama,Magellan
Morgan Mote
Christopher Columbus
-1st voyage sailed in 1492
-Columbus's father inspired him to become an explorer
-Queen Isabela and King Ferdinand
-colonists had staged a bloody revolt against the Columbus brothers' mismanagement and brutality
Vasco de Gama
- Sailed from Portugal to India
- Sailed 1497
- Approximately 6000 miles
- Started with 200 sailors
- Half the crew
Magellan
- Columbus map routes then astronomy and navigation
- Strait of Magellan, 1st travel
- passage, Pacific Ocean