Places
First permanent European settlement in Africa; built by Dutch settlers in 1652 to supply ships sailing to or from the East Indies
What is Cape Town?
Southern tip of Africa; first explored by Bartholomeu Dias; it opened the way for a trade route through the Indian Ocean to Asia
What is the Cape of Good Hope?
Italian sailor who made the first trip to the Americas in 1492
Who is Christopher Columbus?
Portuguese sailor who sailed to the Southern tip of Africa in 1488
Who is Bartholomeu Dias?
Agreement between Portugal and Spain where a line was drawn by the pope dividing the non-European world into two zones
What is the Treaty of Torsedillas?
Where Vasco da Gama reached in 1498; first time Europeans reached the spices and returned
What is Calicut, India?
Island chain in present-day Indonesia, the "Spice Islands"
What are the Moluccas?
The people who funded Columbus' voyage
Who are Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain?
Portuguese navigator who led four ships around the Cape of Good Hope in 1498
Who is Vasco da Gama?
Most valuable trade item during this time
What are spices?
Group of islands in Southeast Asia (mostly Indonesia today)
What is the East Indies?
Passage found by Magellan in 1520 that allows for passage from a bay at the Southern tip of Africa to Balboa's South Sea
What is the Strait of Magellan?
Portuguese noble who sailed from Spain with five ships to circumnavigate the globe
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
What is the astrolabe?
Place where the Spanish first encountered the Arawak
What is San Salvador?
Muslim city on the North African coast that the Portuguese seized in 1415
What is Ceuta?
Portuguese prince who started a school recognizing the importance of exploration
Who is Prince Henry the Navigator?
German publisher who read Vespucci's letters and named the Americas after him in 1507
Who is Martin Waltseemuller?
Combined the square sails of European ships with Arab triangular sails; adapted the sternpost rudder and masts of Chinese ships
What is the caravel?
Hubs of international trade on the East African coast that were attacked by the Portuguese
What is Mombasa and Malindi?
City in Southern Portugal where Henry the Navigator gathered scientists, cartographers, and other experts to prepare for exploration of the coast of West Africa
What is Sagres?
Dutch farmers that settled Cape Town; Calvinists that enslaved/killed people native to their area
Who are the Boers?
Spanish explorer who hacked a passage through the tropical forests of Panama to the Pacific Ocean, with help from local natives
Who is Vasco Nunez de Balboa?
Organization established by the British in 178 that sponsored explorers to Africa
What is the African Association?