Tag: Age of Exploration
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Henry Hudson lesson
Did you ever have something that you loved doing and it didn’t really matter who you were doing it with? Well, Henry Hudson had something he loved to do, and he didn’t really care who he did it with. To find out just who he was exploring for we pulled out our Legos, some maps,…
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Ferdinand Magellan Lesson
Did you ever have a dream? Christopher Columbus had a dream. He believed if you sailed far enough West, you would reach India. He never succeeded. History records his discovery of America (with a few caveats in modern history books), even though he never set foot on the continent. Columbus did pass his dream on…
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Vasco da Gama history lesson
There are some explorer names I remember better than others. As I mentioned yesterday I have a hard time remembering Bartolomue Dias. Vasco de Gama, on the other hand, I remember. I have fun saying his name, it just rolls off the tongue. I wonder if that helped him when traveling. It certainly made this…
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Bartolomeu Dias proves there are no sea monsters near Africa
Can you imagine what it was like during the Age of Exploration? Sailing was a risky business, but traveling at all was a risky business. Bartolomue Dias knew both of these things firsthand and experienced them. But he wasn’t afraid, and made history as the first European to sail around Africa. Why look for a…
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Prince Henry the Navigator
My memory of Prince Henry the Navigator dates back to my freshman in high school history class, and my teacher basically saying ‘Prince Henry the Navigator invented modern navigation.’ Of course since then historians, and archeologists have found differing evidence, but the idea is still there. Who is Prince Henry the Navigator? I’m glad you…