Leif Erikson Research Paper

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Leif Erikson: or Leif Ericson was an Icelandic explorer and the first known European to have discovered North America, before Christopher Columbus. Thorvald Erikson: Was the son of Erik the Red and brother of Leif Erikson. The only Medieval Period source material available regarding Thorvald Erikson are the two Vinland sagas; the Greenland Saga and the Saga of Erik the Red. Thorfin Karlsefni: Was an Icelandic explorer. Around the year 1010 AD, he followed Leif Erikson's route to Vinland, in a short-lived attempt to establish a permanent settlement there Johannes Guttenberg: Was a German blacksmith, goldsmith, printer, and publisher who introduced printing to Europe. Four tools for Historians: Archaeology, Literary, Zoology, and paleontology. …show more content…

As a consequence of his marriage to Isabella I, he was King of Castile as Ferdinand V from 1474 until her death in 1504. Queen Isabella: Was Queen of Castile. She was married to Ferdinand II of Aragon. Their marriage became the basis for the political unification of Spain under their grandson, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. The Spanish: The Spanish Inquisition was basically a torturing place. They got tortured them because they were not Christians. The Columbian Exchange: Was the widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, and ideas between the Americas and the Old World in the 15th and 16th centuries. Cortes: Was a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire. Quetzalcoatl: God of Wind and Wisdom. Amerigo Vespucci: An Italian explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer who first demonstrated that Brazil and the West Indies did not represent Asia's eastern outskirts. Martin Waldseemuller: was a German cartographer. He and Matthias Rinmann are credited with the first recorded usage of the word America, on the 1507 map Universals Cosmographia in honor of the Florentine explorer Amerigo

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