LESSON 4: EARLY CONTACTS WITH NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES
BARTHOLOMEW DIAZ- discovered the Cape of Good Hope
CHRISTOPHER COLOMBUS- a native of Genoa (part of Italy), he discovered NORTH AMERICA in 1492 AMERIGO VESPUCCI – an Italian, sent by the King and Queen of Spain to explore what Columbus had found “new world”, they name this land, AMERICA VICENTE PINZON- discovered BRAZIL NUNEZ DE BALBOA- in 1513 he crossed PANAMA and discovered PACIFIC OCEAN