Vocabulary
means to travel around something in a ship.
circumnavigate
developed an idea he called “The Enterprise of the Indies
Columbus
Named La Florida
Ponce de Leon
in 1610, Englishman arrived to Jamestown with tobacco seed smuggled from the Spanish West Indies
John Rolfe
A Spanish word signifying brother or friar
fray
Circumnavigated the world
Sir Francis Drake
he first landed on what is now North Carolina, then became the first to set foot on New York harbor. Then, he set sail northward to the Narragansett Bay, skirted the Maine coast to Newfoundland.
Verrazano
In 1646, tortured and killed by the Iroquois on the Mohawk River in New York state.
Pere Isaac Jogues
having one wife
monagamous
landed on the northernmost tip of Cape Brenton Island
-traveled up the coast to Newfoundland
-found no gold- all the Indians could offer was animal fur
John Cabot
-attempted a settlement in what the French called L’Acadie (Nova Scotia and Maine)
-explored the Atlantic coast going as far as Massachusetts Bay
de Champlain
enlarged the merchant fleet which engaged in piracy of Spain’s ships
An representative sent by a king or queen to rule a territory in his or her own name is called
viceregal
made a great discovery on May 21, 1541- the Mississippi River
-they were not the first to see it, but they were the first to cross its upper waters
-de Soto
On August 28, 1565, his fleet anchored in a small bay on the coast of the Florida peninsula
-named it after St. Augustine
Aviles
Issued the Edict of Nantes ensuring religious freedom
King Henry IV
a type of ship that enables a person to sail into the wind
caravel
Called the Tampa Bay Espiritu Santo
de Soto
Sent by Raleigh to explore Virginia
- they reach North America off the coast of Florida, sailed north until they reach Roanoke Island off the coast of North Carolina
-they collect animal skins, pearls and two Indians (Manteo and Wanchese) and return to England
Philip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe
sent a small fleet of ships under Pedro Menedez de Aviles to La Florida with orders to establish a settlement there and drive out the Huguenots
King Felipe II