Leif Erikson
Son of Erik the Red
Sailed from west Norway to the Labrador Peninsula in present-day Canada.
Prince Henry the Navigator
Built an observatory and founded a school for navigation to teach sailors how to sail
astrolabe
a device that enabled navigators to learn their ship's location by charting the position of the starts
Caravels
triangular sails that allowed ships to sail against the wind
When did the Portuguese start a new era of exploration?
1400s
Vineland
the area in Canada that was first settled into a coastal area called by Leif Ericson
What features made the caravel an excellent sailing ship?
These ships were small yet sturdy that became the go-to ships for European explorers
Portuguese sailors sailed around Africa and found what?
They found a sea route to Asia.