5.1 - Europeans Explore Overseas

Line of demarcation

An imaginary line running down the middle of the Atlantic Ocean from the North Pole to the South Pole dividing the Americas between Spain and Portugal

Boers

Dutch settlers in South Africa

Ferdinand Magellan

First to circumnavigate the globe

Christopher colombus

Italian explorer in service with Spain who arrived in the Americas in 1492.

Vasco da gama

Portuguese explorer. In 1497-1498 he led the first naval expedition from Europe to sail to India, opening an important commercial sea route.

Prince Henry

Portuguese prince who started a school for sailors and sponsored early voyages of exploration

Mombassa

Seaport of Kenya

Treat of Tordesillas

Signed by Spain and Portugal, dividing the territories of the New World. Spain received the bulk territory in the Americas, compensating Portugal with titles to lands in Africa and Asia.

Moluccas

Spice Islands

Malindi

a coastal town in southeastern Kenya; became a trading hub for the Portuguese in Africa

Cartographer

person who makes maps

Cape Town

seaport city and legislative capital of South Africa; first Dutch colony in Africa

circumnavigate

to sail around the world