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Study Guide: European Exploration/ The Age of Exploration
Study Guide: European Exploration/ The Age of Exploration

... 2. Navigators used an hourglass and a sextant to know where they were and where they were going. 3. Prince Henry the Navigator provided the leadership for Portuguese exploration in the 1400s. 4. Bartolomeu Dias found the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa. 5. Dias’s discovery led to the ...
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Conquistador



Conquistadors /kɒŋˌkɪstəˈdɔrz/ (from Portuguese or Spanish conquistadores ""conquerors""; Spanish pronunciation: [koŋkistaˈðoɾes], Portuguese pronunciation: [kũkiʃtɐˈdoɾis], [kõkiʃtɐˈðoɾɨʃ]) is a term used to refer to the soldiers and explorers of the Spanish Empire or the Portuguese Empire in a general sense. During the Age of Discovery conquistadores sailed beyond Europe to the Americas, Oceania, Africa and Asia, conquering territory and opening trade routes. They colonized much of the world for Spain and Portugal in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.
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