Explorers & Conquerors
by nassa jiigee
1. Christopher Columbus
1.1. Italian explorer, navigator, and colonizer.
1.2. completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean
1.3. Born: Genoa, Italy
1.4. Spouse: Filipa Moniz Perestrelo (m. 1479)
1.5. Children: Diego Columbus, Ferdinand Columbus
1.6. Died: May 20, 1506, Valladolid, Spain
1.7. remembered for his 1492 discovery of the 'New World,'
1.8. Ships: Santa María, Pinta, Niña
2. Prince Henry
2.1. Henrique of Portugal
2.2. Duke of Viseu
2.3. important figure in 15th-century Portuguese politics
2.4. Born: March 4, 1394 (Porto, Portugal)
2.5. Siblings: Edward, King of Portugal, Ferdinand the Holy Prince, MORE
2.6. Parents: John I of Portugal, Philippa of Lancaster
2.7. helped usher in both the Age of Discovery and the Atlantic slave trade
2.8. regarded as an originator of the Age of Discovery and the Atlantic slave trade.
2.9. Died: November 13, 1460, Sagres, Portugal
3. Hernan Cortes
3.1. Spanish conqueror
3.2. Born in 1485 (Medillin, Spain)
3.3. set sail to the New World at the age of 19
3.4. later joined an expedition to Cuba
3.5. defeated the Aztec empire
3.6. claimed Mexico for Spain
3.7. Spouse: Catalina Juárez
3.8. Children: Martín Cortés, Juana Cortés de Zúñiga, María Cortés de Moctezuma, Martín Cortés, 2nd Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca, more
3.9. Died on December 2, 1547 (Castilleja de la Cuesta, Spain)
4. Vasco da Gama
4.1. 1st Count of Vidigueira
4.2. a Portuguese explorer
4.3. First European to reach India by sea
4.4. Born: 1469 (Sines, Portugal)
4.5. Buried: Jerónimos Monastery, Lisbon, Portugal
4.6. Children: Cristóvão da Gama, Estêvão da Gama, MORE
4.7. Parents: Estêvão da Gama, Isabel Sodré
4.8. Died: December 24 (1524, Kochi, India)
5. Ferdinand Magellan
5.1. A Portuguese explorer
5.2. Organized Spanish to the East Indies (1519-22)
5.2.1. resulting in the first circumnavigation of the Earth