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HENRY THE NAVIGATOR[[image:year8exploration/henry the navigator.jpg width="174" height="200" align="left"]]
Prince's House, Oporto, Kingdom of Portugal
 * ~  || 4 March 1394

13 November 1460( 1460-11-13 ) (aged 66) Sagres, Kingdom of the Algarve || he encouraged sailors, navigators, ship makers, map makers and and and people that know stuff about weather to join him on his expedition to the spice islands. (b) a caravel and (c) the School of Navigation to add to your notes.

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?) -

> he was born on 1450 and died on May 29, 1500, at sea, near Cape of Good Hope. In 1488 he opened the sea route > via the Atlantic and Indian oceans with his ship the São Cristóvão. he was considered the best explorer of the 15 century. get map > > to the Caribbean and South America during the years 1492-1504. get map >
 * ===Bartholomew Dias 1482===
 * ===Christopher Columbus 1492===
 * Christopher Columbus born on1451 and died in 1506 was an Italian explorer who sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492, hoping to find a route to India in order to trade for spices. He made a total of four trips with 3 ships the Nina, the pinta and the santa maria which he captained
 * ===Vasco da Gama 1498===
 * in July 1497 he sailed south down the coast of Africa after a long time at sea they had veered in to the Atlantic sailing down the south coast of africa ending up on the Indian coast at colicut {now kozhikode} in may 1498 on the ship. this voyage founded the rout from europe to asia by sea on the ships the Sao Gabriel, the Sao Rafael and the Berrio
 * ===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__=

> > ==__**The Famous Explorers**__== > __**Step 3**__ > > Write **a brief biography**of each explorer below. This should include: > **If you find any good pictures (portraits, their ships, etc.) add them to your notes as well** > > ==**__Names & Dates of journeys__**== >
 * Francis Drake 1577-80
 * Abel Tasman 1642
 * William Dampier 1688
 * James Cook 1768-71See 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.
 * 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?)
 * ===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: > > __If you find any good pictures add them to your notes__. > > =__Name & Dates of Journeys__= >
 * 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?)
 * Francis Drake 1577-80
 * Abel Tasman 1642
 * William Dampier 1688
 * James Cook 1768-71