People
Portuguese prince obsessed with navigation and exploration. Developed new resources to aid Europe in Sea Voyage. Started naval school to teach useful skills.
Henry the Navigator
Created in 1418, gathered cartographers, astronomers, and sailors to develop and study new navigation techniques
Henry's School
(The School of Sagres)
Famous German cartographer, created map of the world with the New World on it. Created new continent "Amerika" because of detailing from Vespucci
Martin Waldseemuller
What Balboa named the Pacific Ocean
South Sea
Responsible for tricking the Spanish into several decades of horrible times in a swampy death trap to find a nonexistent magical fountain.
Ponce de Leon
Rediscovered New World and spent his whole life defending the less cool belief that it is Asia instead
Columbus
Pope split non-Christian world between Catholic kings (Spain and Portugal). Meant to keep Spain and Portugal from war. England, France, and HRE left out.
Treaty of Tordesilla
(Treaty of Tortillas)
Christian tribe in the Philippines, agreed to fight the Mactan with Magellan. Betrayed Magellan, killed off many of the Spanish
Cebu
Dog of Balboa, trapped in a barrel with him when sneaking on expedition
Leoncico
Center of a lake in Mexico, inhabited by Aztecs
Tenochtitlan
First explorer to sail for the English. He is responsible for finding some new land, which he creatively named New Found Land
Cabot
A theoretical way through/around the American continents. Involves finding a continuous waterway. It doesn't exactly exist, but was mostly focused on by the English and French explorers
Northwest Passage
Common enemy tribe of Cebu and Spanish (w/Magellan)
Mactan
Nonexistent magical site in Florida, hunted down by Ponce de Leon
Fountain of Youth
9th emperor of the Aztec Empire
Montezuma
Gave one of the most detailed descriptions of Americas, published and distributed in Europe. First European to find the Amazon and the Southern Current Line
Vespucci
Route around the southern tip of the American continent.
Straits of Magellan
Portuguese explorer who used the newly discovered Southern Current Lines to find a quicker way to India without having to hug the African coast
da Gama
Farms made on fertile floating islands around Tenochtitlan
Chinampas
Spanish conquistador who is responsible for the conquest of the Aztecs and many other Native American tribes in the region of present day Mexico
Cortes
First individual to circumnavigate the world, except he didn't and died 2/3 of the way through the trip. Never found his goal of Spice Isles from the West
Magellan
Discovered by da Gama to find a quicker way to India without having to hug the African coast
(Hint: 3 words)
Southern Current Line
Spanish explorer who began his career by sneaking his way into a different expedition. He did discover the Pacific Ocean, thought it was something else. Lastly, he is known for his harmless and adorable little dog.
Balboa
Held a mythology that focused on earth's journey through five cycles. Unfortunately, this group lived in cycle five so they did what was required to appease their weirdo gods.
Aztecs
Spanish conquistador best known for conquering Incas in South America
Pizarro