Famous Historical Figures

DIEGO, I MADE A COPY OF AN OLD MAP
I FOUND IN THE LIBRARY FOR YOU.
- WHERE?
OH.
- THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE IN THE EARLY 14TH CENTURY
THOUGHT THE WORLD WAS LIKE.
CAN YOU SEE WHY THESE EXPLORERS WERE VERY BRAVE?
MANY PEOPLE THOUGHT THE WORLD WAS FLAT.
BUT IF THE WORLD WAS ROUND...
- [speaking native language]
- EUROPEANS COULD SAIL WEST TO GET TO THE FAR EAST.
IN 1492, AN EXPLORER BY THE NAME OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
SET OUT FROM SPAIN TO DO JUST THAT.
COLUMBUS WAS SPONSORED BY QUEEN ISABELLA OF SPAIN
TO FIND A NEW TRADE ROUTE TO THE FAR EAST.
INSTEAD OF REACHING ASIA,
HE LANDED IN THE AREA OF NORTH AMERICA WE CALL THE BAHAMAS.
HE CALLED THE PEOPLE THERE "INDIANS"
BECAUSE HE THOUGHT HE HAD REACHED THE EAST INDIES.
COLUMBUS' DISCOVERIES ENCOURAGED OTHERS
TO SAIL WEST TO REACH THE FAR EAST.
ITALIAN SAILOR JOHN CABOT THOUGHT IT WAS POSSIBLE
TO REACH ASIA ON A MORE NORTHERLY ROUTE
THAN COLUMBUS HAD TAKEN.
HE SEARCHED FOR A NORTHWEST PASSAGE TO THE INDIES.
- LAND, HO.
- INSTEAD, HE REACHED NEWFOUNDLAND.
AND LIKE COLUMBUS, HE ALSO THOUGHT HE HAD REACHED ASIA.
- FOLLOWING CABOT, ANOTHER ITALIAN SAILOR,
AMERIGO VESPUCCI, MADE TWO VOYAGES
ACROSS THE ATLANTIC FROM SPAIN.
AMERIGO BEGAN TO PUT THE PIECES TOGETHER.
HIS OBSERVATIONS OF THE LAND DID NOT MATCH
WHAT HE HAD HEARD ABOUT ASIA.
COLUMBUS MUST HAVE FOUND A NEW CONTINENT.
IN 1507, MARTIN WALDSEEMULLER, A GERMAN MAPMAKER,
DREW A MAP OF THE NEW CONTINENT AND NAMED IT "AMERICA,"
FOR AMERIGO VESPUCCI.
THE RACE WAS ON.
THE KINGS AND QUEENS OF EUROPE WANTED TO CLAIM THIS NEW WORLD
AND ALL ITS RICHES FOR THEIR OWN.
AND NO ONE COVERED MORE TERRITORY THAN SPAIN.

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