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Scientific Exploration
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Phoenicians They primarily explored the coastal area of the Mediterranean. 2000 BC
Vikings Seafaring was influenced and almost halted with the fall of the Roman Empire. There was a decline in civilization around the coast of the Mediterranean. 476 AD
Vikings Built the most superior of ships for their time: 15-30 meters long, made of oak, and powered by sails and oars. When there wasn’t wind, it was powered by men using the oars and it had a flattened bottom, with enable it to sail through shallower seas. 800-1100 AD
Vikings Discovered new lands- Greenland, New Foundland, and East Coast of Canada 1000 AD
Bartholomeu Dias Sailed around the southern tip of Africa, which was later named the “Cape of Good Hope” 1488
Christopher Columbus Voyage- Spain → India by traveling west. He crossed the Atlantic and landed in the Bahamas. 1492
Christopher Columbus Areas of discovery- modern day Caribbean and Bahamas. On three subsequent voyages, he reached Central and South America. 1493-1498
Amerigo Vespucci He named North America “Mundus Novus”- latin for New World John Cabot Sailed from England to Explore the Coast of N America, first claims of Canada for Great Britain Mapped the Labrador Sea as far North as Newfoundland and as far south as Delaware 1497
Amerigo Vespucci Mapmakers named the New World “America” after him 1507
Vasco Nunez Balboa Traveled across Panama Named the South Sea “el Mar del Sud” which later became the Pacific Ocean 1513
Ferdinand Magellan 1st to circumnavigate - discovered and proved the Earth was round 1519-1522
Giovanni de Verrazano Mapped the coast of Georgia to Massachusetts 1524
Jacques Cartier Mapped the St. Lawrence River 1534-1541
Henry Hudson Mapped the Hudson River 1607-1611