different times for different rulers. Columbus first set sail in 1492‚ whereas Cabeza De Vaca set sailed in 1527. Columbus searched for a route to Asia‚ but instead ended up in a land filled with native Indians. He sailed under King Ferdinand and Isabella‚ who during that time were Spanish monarchs. Several years later‚ Cabeza De Vaca was recruited for the expedition to be the expedition’s treasurer. He sailed under King Ferdinand and Isabella’s Grandson‚ Charlves V. He traveled to North America from
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and considered him crazy to assume that the ocean was only 75 leagues. Fortunately for Columbus he meets a sea captain by the name of Pinzon who had connections to the Queen of Granada. He tells Columbus that he can set up a meeting with Queen Isabella in their efforts to try to get her to approve it and be the finical provider for the project. The queen is extremely interested in their proposal and offers Columbus a contract. The contract being that he will be governor of the land he finds‚ also
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Jacques Cartier was born on December 31‚ 1491 in St. Malo. St. Malo is an island seaport on the coast of Brittany. He grew up around the water‚ and was most likely fishing. Jacques spent very little time at home‚ as he was often sailing. In 1520‚ Cartier married Catherine Des Granches. They did not have any kids though. Cartier spoke Portuguese which leads us to think that he may have been on a portuguese ship that explored the coast of South America. Some claim that in 1532‚ Cartier was a master
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Between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries‚ a countless number of European explorers navigated the globe in search of new lands and new treasures. The era‚ known as The Age of Discovery‚ gave fame to some of history’s greatest seafarers—Ferdinand Magellan‚ Vasco da Gama‚ and John Cabot to name but a few. Of all the great explorers‚ though‚ none are as celebrated as Christopher Columbus—the man who “discovered” America. The Making of an Explorer‚ 1451-92—Beginnings Christopher Columbus was
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Giovanni da Verrazzano is a french explorer who was sent to explore the coast of America.He was born in 1485 during the 15th century and he settled down in Dieppe a port in France. He was funded by the french king at the time and was sent with four ships. Giovanni explored the coast in boats and there was 4 boats sent to explore the coast but only two of the 4 ships made it to the coast line‚ the other 2 ships made it but were severely damaged from the storms they encountered. Giovanni set sail
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John Cabot is who I chose for my essay. I chose him because he seemed a interesting choice and I wanted to learn about someone new. John Cabot was born in c. 1450 and died in c. 1499. He became an explorer because when he was eleven he moved to Venice from Genoa and learned sailing and navigation from Italian seamen and nearby merchants. His father‚ Giulio Caboto was a spice merchant. In c. 1474 John Cabot married a girl named Mattea and later in life had three children‚ Ludovico‚ Sancto‚ and Sebastiano
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Marco Polo is a Venetian explorer who made one of the most important travel books in history. His observations that he recorded were fascinating‚ in fact people thought his stories and observations were fiction until after he died. Due to Marco Polo’s successful travels and observations that he recorded‚ he educated many early Europeans about the continent of Asia and inspired people today to learn about the diverse cultures. Marco Polo’s travel book was extremely important because of his recorded
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lived from c. 1467-1520. During his lifetime he made an expedition to India‚ but ended up discovering a new land in the process. He was born in Belmonte‚ Portugal‚ and was the son of respected nobles‚ in turn receiving many privileges from King Manuel I of Portugal‚ such as being made one of his counselors. This is how he got involved in exploration- King Manuel chose him to lead an expedition to the coast of southern India. The king made him the captain of a fleet of 13 ships and 1‚200 men- they would
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Horatio Nelson at a young age had a love for the sea and with help from his family‚ mainly his father‚ he was able to start his naval career on his Uncle Maurice Suckling’s ship the HMS Raisonnable. He started as an ordinary seaman which is one who has one to two years of experience at sea and later was able to be a coxswain‚ one who steers and guides the ship‚ until he was promoted into a midshipman which would give him training on how he could improve his skills so he could one day be a higher
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¨Technology’s Impact On The Voyage of Christopher Columbus¨ Throughout time‚ transportation and the technology revolving around it has been nothing but ever changing‚ making certain processes and procedures much more convenient. Christopher Columbus‚ an Italian explorer‚ famous for his voyages and accidental discovery of North America‚ crossed the Atlantic using multiple navigation methods‚ which‚ in comparison to what we have in today’s technological world‚ was fairly basic. During Columbus‘s
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