Expanding Navigational Technology
Expanding Navigational Technology
Expanding Navigational Technology
Using the link below, complete the questions and the chart.
https://www.biography.com/explorer/henry-the-navigator
Early Influences
Significance in History
In 1415, his ships reached the _________Canary___________________ Islands, which had already been
claimed by Spain. In 1418, the Portuguese came upon the ____________Maderia________________
Islands and established a colony at ______Porto Santo______________________ .
Henry has the distinction of being a founder of the Atlantic ________enslaved people
trade____________________ ____________________________ . Men captured several
_____________Africans_______________ and brought them back to Portugal. One of the captured men,
a _________a cheif___________________ , negotiated his own return to Africa, promising in exchange
to provide the _____________Portugese _______________ more Africans.
Expanding Navigational Technology
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjuWU-EEclg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odoerwZk3z4
Developments in Instruments for Navigation