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Explorers of the Renaissance
Bartholomeu Dias, the explorer for Portugal, planned to head an expedition in search of a sea route to India.Though, at the end of his voyage he only became the first sail to the tip of Africa. This, landing has only created a new name for the Cabo das Agulhas and the cape Cabo das Tormentas for his country. Dias had a voyage that inspired explorers to try a faster or better route to travel, which lead to the discoveries of newer lands;also, this voyage helped encourage inventors and scientists to invent effective techniques and new technology that could help future expeditions.

Magellan studied very famous explorers for many years in Portugal. He planed to find a route to the Spice Islands by sailing west and around the world. Ferdinand Magellan, an explorer of Spain, has amazed us with his courage by venturing through the chaotic and the untouched world.Through his voyage Magellan provided the first positive proof that the world was round, thus opening trade routes to explorers all over the world. Ferdinand Magellan is recognized as the first person to circumnavigate the world. His discovery of this route had the effects in many ways; for example, the religion of Christianity has also traveled along his journeys, and also his geographical finding has made the current map more accurate then it originally was.

Jacques Cartier sailed in the name of France.Cartier searched to find a Northwest Passage to India and the Spice Islands and also looking for new places to trade. In the end Cartier was the first to sail up the St. Lawrence River and Canada. Canada was claimed as a piece of France; furthermore, this opened up for trade with the

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