Ideas of Exploration Begin
His book, published in 1477, told of great riches in the Far East and China
Marco Polo
Christopher Columbus got funding for his voyage from the King and Queen of this country
Spain
America is named after him
Amerigo Vespucci
Many people wanted to leave England after King James took the throne because he was this
Strict on religion
This was the named of the first French colony
Quebec
Globes built in the 1400's were inaccurate and did not show these two continents
North and South America
Christopher Columbus named his three ships this
Nina, Pinta, and the Santa Maria
He was the first person to make a complete trip around the world, proving the world was round
Ferdinand Magellan
This is what happened to the Roanoke colony
They disappeared
The leader of the French colony of Quebec was this man
Samuel de Champlain
This device had markings and a pointer and showed sailors which way North was
Compass
Columbus thought that the West Indies that he discovered were actually this country/continent
India/Asia
In search of the Northwest Passage, he discovered North Carolina
Giovanni da Verrazano
The English defeated this Spanish fleet in 1588
Spanish Armada
Many English people left for the New World looking for these two types of freedom
religious and political
More accurate maps built in the 1400's helped many accept that the Earth was this
Round
After Columbus, Spanish settlements were made in these three places
Hispaniola, Cuba, and Puerto Rico
He was the first man to see the Pacific Ocean from its eastern shore
Nunez de Balboa
He founded the Roanoke colony
John White
They recieved a charter to settle in New England in 1607
Europe began exploring because it wanted to find on of these to Asia
Trade route
Columbus' voyage was in this year
1492
He discovered Newfoundland for England
John Cabot
Because they were jealous of the wealth that Spain had gained from the New World, France, England, and the Dutch did this
Looted Spanish towns and capture Spanish ships
This company received a charter to settle in Virginia in 1607
Virginia Company of London