Assignment+Tasks

** Early Portuguese and Spanish Explorers **
=__Henry the Navigator__= Henry the Navigator had a very significant role in the age of exploration He sent many expeditions to the west coast of Africa and southwards as he looked for a sea route to the spice islands

__**Step 1**__

Place **Sagres** on a map of Portugal that you have downloaded, and indicate it was Henry the Navigator's base.

__**Step 2 - make notes**__ What sort of people did Henry encourage to work at Sagres? Why? For what reason is he famous and why was he given the title 'the navigator'? You will find many of the answers to these questions on the following page.

See if you can find a picture of (a) Henry the Navigator, (b) a caravel and (c) the School of Navigation to add to your notes.

__**The Famous Explorers**__
__**Step 3**__

Write **a brief biography** of each explorer below. This should include:
 * date of voyage
 * a map of his journey (find one and cut & paste it into your wiki page)
 * name of ship(s)
 * importance of the voyage (the first to do what?)
 * If you find any good pictures (portraits, their ships, etc.) add them to your notes as well**

**__Names & Dates of journeys__**

 * ===Bartholomew Dias 1482===
 * ===Christopher Columbus 1492===
 * ===Vasco da Gama 1498===
 * ===Ferdinand Magellan 1520===


 * __Step 4__**

=Put a title - ** Early English and Dutch Explorers **=

Write a very brief biography of each explorer below, covering the following points:
 * date of voyage
 * a map of his journey (find one and cut & paste it into your wiki page)
 * name of ship(s)
 * importance of the voyage (the first to do what?)

__If you find any good pictures add them to your notes__. =__Name & Dates of Journeys__=


 * Francis Drake 1577-80
 * Abel Tasman 1642
 * William Dampier 1688
 * James Cook 1768-71


 * Other websites that might prove useful to your research:**

v [|www.mariner.org/educationalad/ageofex/biographies.php] v [|www.cdli.ca/CITE/exage.htm] v [|www.nmm.ac.uk/server/show/conWebDoc.142]

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