BR #1- WHAT I KNOW ABOUT EXPLORERS.

DEFINE

Circumnavigate-

to travel all the way around the Earth

Strait –

narrow passage that connects two

large bodies of

water

EXPLORERS

Christopher Columbus-Born in Genoa, Italy

Lived and learned sailing tools in Portugal

Funded expedition by Spain, King Ferdinand and

Queen Isabella to the new world.

EXPLORERS

Ferdinand Magellan- Portuguese explorer

His crew was the first to

circumnavigate the Earth

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Vasco de Nuñez de Balboa

Spanish colonist

Explored the Caribbean coast of what

is now Panama

First European to see the Pacific

Ocean.