Explorer and Conquerors of the Discovery Age

1. Christopher Columbus

1.1. Made four trips across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain: 1492, 1493, 1498 and 1502

1.2. Determined to find a direct route from Europe to Asia

1.2.1. Never did

1.2.2. Found Americas instead

1.3. 1451-1506: old age

1.4. Believed the circumference of the Earth was much smaller than thought

1.5. First Exploration

1.5.1. 1492

1.5.2. Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria

1.5.3. landed in Bahamian Islands

1.6. Second Exploration

1.6.1. 1493

1.6.2. found nothing except slaves

1.7. Third Exploration

1.7.1. 1498

1.7.2. Visited Trinidad and Southern America

1.7.3. visited the settlement he colonized on Hispaniola during first exploration

1.7.3.1. colonists revolted against columbus' brothers management

1.7.3.2. Spanish authorities arrested Columbus

2. Prince Henry

2.1. Sponsored explorations for Portugal

2.2. Gathered cartographers/and scientists for planning African exploration

3. Bartholomeu Dias

3.1. 1488

4. Ferdinand Magellan

4.1. Moluccas

4.1.1. 1519

4.1.2. "Spice Islands"

4.1.3. main source of spices

4.2. Portugese

4.3. 1480-1521: killed in battle on a voyage

4.4. First European to travel over Pacific Ocean

4.5. Determined to be the first to sail westward to Spice Islands instead of eastward

5. Vasco de Gama

5.1. Calicut, India

5.1.1. 1497

5.1.2. attempted to trade ruler cheap goods

5.1.3. never officially signed treaty

5.2. Portugese

5.3. 1460-1524: died of illness

5.4. Established first trading post in Cochin, India