![]() ![]() We also look at the concept of a Manifest Destiny and the Gold Rush Period. The worksheets set their sights on ten of the most well known explorers to the likes of Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan, Marco Polo, Juan Ponce de Leon, Hernando Cortez, Vasco Da Gama, Henry Hudson, John Cabot, and John Smith. As we see through history, it is not your enemies that define you, but your friends and allies that make you what you are or can be. Over the course of their travels explorers would find riches, new land, but most powerful of all new trade routes. The voyage of Pro da Covilha During the 15th century, the Indian Ocean was still a great mystery to Europeans. The passage was opened up by Bartolomeu Diaz who had sailed around the Cape of Good Hope ten years earlier. ![]() During this time many countries funded the land discovery process mostly for the concept of empire expansion, but often just for bragging rights. King Manuel I of Portugal chose Vasco da Gama to lead the first maritime expedition to India. This took place during 15th to 17th centuries. While most people have a great argument that people like Neil Armstrong and most of today's scientists are the modern day explorers of their time, we are focusing on an older time period. We look mostly at Explorers from a time period seen as The Age of Exploration. ![]()
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