Ch 1-5
He calculated the distance around the Earth
Who is Erastothenes?
He discovered the island of Greenland
Who is Eric the Red?
These two men first explored the Missouri River and the Louisiana Territory
Who are Lewis & Clark?
He made the first barometer
Who is Torricelli?
He opened a library and museum in ancient Alexandria
Who is Ptolemy?
He sailed west to try and find India with the blessing of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
Who is Columbus?
He was the first to provide an explanation of the tides
Who is Sir Isaac Newton?
This Swiss naturalist studied glaciers and fossils
Who is Louis Agassiz?
He proved that rockets would work in space and is the father of modern rocketry
Who is Robert Goddard?
He was the first European to sail the Amazon River
Who is Francisco de Orellana?
He gave his name to the "new land" of America
Who is Amerigo Vespucius?
He discovered the principle of the pendulum
He developed the Theory of Evolution
Who is Charles Darwin?
He made a trip around the world at age twelve by himself, and later wintered 5 months alone in a hut in Antarctica
Who is Richard E. Byrd?
He was a German rocket scientist who came to the US after WWII and helped to send a man to the moon in 1969
Who is Wernher von Braun?
He was the first European to explore China, and met the Mongol leader Kublai Khan
Who is Marco Polo?
He invented the grandfather clock
Who is Christiaan Huygens?
He traced out ocean currents
Who is Matthew Maury?
These two brothers invented the hot air balloon
Who are the Montgolfier brothers?
He built the first human glider, and was later killed as a result of crashing it
Who is Otto Lilienthal?
He started a school for navigation in Portugal
Who is Henry the Navigator?
This southernmost passageway around the tip of South America is named after a very famous explorer
What is the Strait of Magellan?
This Spanish explorer was the first to see the Mississippi River
Who is Hernando de Soto?
These two brothers had the first successful flight in a motorized aircraft
Who are the Wright brothers?
He designed the first hydrogen-filled balloon
Who is Jacques Charles?