people
the pioneer masters of modern cartography
Mercator and Ortelius
earliest records of travel. (est 5th century)
(keyword: "sailing around")
periplus
where are the "pillars of Heracles?"
Gibraltar
12 days
who made the Catalan Atlas?
Cresques le Juif
the first true maps
portolano
to celebrate a formal treaty, what did Kig John do?
scheduled a tournament
the year the first "crusade" happened
1415
who had one of the best European accounts of south Asia in the 1400s?
Nicolo De' Conti
the boats used by prince henry
(the names of the boats)
Santa Maria, Pinta, Nina
what did Sagres become a center for?
cartography
the year Prince Henry was born
1394
Who commisioned the Catalan Atlas?
The king of Aragon
what did Lagos become a center for?
Caravel-building
Prince henry's brother
Pedro
the year the Catalan atlas was made
1375
Prince Henry's nickname
The navigator
what was the supersticious act that the mariner's compass comapred to?
Necromancy
the year that King John the first took the Portegeuse throne
1385
the year of the quote at the start of the chapter
1493