Renaissance Explorers

Z. Klepeis Alicia

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Who were the Renaissance explorers? How did they change the world?Being a Renaissance explorer was both exciting and rewarding. But it sure wasn't easy! Explorers in the Age of Exploration faced many challenges and dangers as their ships sailed into new and unfamiliar lands. Some explorers caught diseases, while others battled with native peoples over control of the territory. Without the efforts of the Renaissance explorers, the world as we know it might have been very different! Brave men such as Ferdinand Magellan and Niccol de Conti ventured into uncharted territory around the globe and learned much about what lay beyond Europe and brought back an incredible wealth of information about this "new world ." In The Renaissance Explorers with History Projects for Kids, readers ages 10 to 15 find out more about what it meant to be an explorer and follow the biographies of five famous Renaissance explorers, including Niccol de Conti, Bartolomeu Dias, Vasco da Gama, Pro da Covilh and Ferdinand Magellan, from their childhoods until their exhilarating days of scouting new-to-them lands. In addition to diving deep into the biographies of five Renaissance explorers, readers discover the skills and tools essential for these brave men as they crossed vast oceans and interacted with very different civilizations during the course of their journeys. Kids also find out more about the science and navigational techniques that made the Renaissance one of the most important periods for the discovery of new lands, peoples, and animals.Using the engineering design process, kids develop critical and creative thinking skills with 10 STEAM activities, such making a compass that works and building a beacon like the ones used by Bartolomeu Dias and Vasco da Gama on their journeys. Fun facts, primary source illustrations, and links to online resources spark an interest in the Renaissance that goes beyond the boundaries of Europe. Even without a time machine, learners can experience the Renaissance!The Renaissance Explorers is one of a set of four books in the Renaissance for Kids series. Books in the Renaissance for Kids series invite readers ages 10 to 15 to learn about the inventors, artists, explorers, philosophers, scientists, and politicians who lived in Europe and around the world during the Renaissance and who made contributions to the wealth of human knowledge and experience that have lasted far into the future. Primary sources, color photography, relevant quotes, and hands-on STEAM activities that promote the scientific method or engineering design process keep even the most curious kids satisfied! Titles in this series include The Renaissance Thinkers: With History Projects for Kids; The Renaissance Inventors: With History Projects for Kids; The Renaissance Artists: With History Projects for Kids; and The Renaissance Explorers: With History Projects for Kids.

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• Publié par: Nomad Press
• Date de parution: 16 octobre 2018
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781619307148
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 109 Mo

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THE RENAISSANCE FOR KIDS

T h e Re n a i s s a n c e

With HISTORY PROJECTS for Kids

Alicia Z. Klepeis

T h e Re n a i s s a n c e

With HISTORY PROJECTS for Kids

Alicia Z. Klepeis

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TA B L E O F Contents

Introduction1 Exploration During the Renaissance

Chapter 1 13 Niccolò de’ Conti Traveled Far, Traveled Wide

Chapter 2 33 Bartolomeu Dias The First European to Sail Around the Tip of Africa

Chapter 3 47 Vasco da Gama The First to Sail Directly from Europe to India

Chapter 4 Pêro da Covilhã Embarking on Secret Missions

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Chapter 5 81 Ferdinand Magellan The First European to Cross the Pacific Ocean

Glossary ................................99 Resources ........................... 103 Index ................................... 105

A paîntîng of a French seaport By Claude Lorrain, 1639

I N T R O D U C T I O N

E X P L O R AT I O N D U R I N G T H E Renaissance

B The irst compass rose depîcted on a map By Abraham Cresques, 1375

Imagîne boardîng a shîp and saîîng off for ands unknown. Or dîsguîsîng yoursef to bend în wîth the oca peope as you expored new terrîtorîes în search of exotîc foods and goods. These were rea sîtuatîons for those brave enough to be exporers durîng the Renaîssance.

FAST FACTS

WHAT: THE RENAISSANCE, A HISTORICAL ERA MARKED BY DRAMATIC CHANGE WHEN: 1300s—1600s WHERE: ITALY AND NORTHERN EUROPE

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A map of Itay from 1584 B

Renaîssance Exporatîon 1300s–1600s

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T H E R E N A I S S A N C E E X P L O R E R S

The Renaissance took place in Europe between the fourteenth and seventeenth centuries. It started in Italy during the 1300s and spread north as far as England.

1340s–50s The bubonîc pague kîs tens of mîîons ofpeope across Europe, one-thîrd of îts popuatîon.

1488 Portuguese exporer Bartoomeu Dîas îs the irst European to saî around Afrîca’s southern tîp, traveîng from the AtantîcOcean înto the Indîan Ocean.

1494 Spaîn and Portuga sîgn the Treaty of Tordesîas, dîvîdîng the New Word înto ands that coud be caîmed by one of these two European empîres.

1497 Exporer John Cabot departs Engand and reaches the east coast of North Amerîca.

E X P L O R A T I O N D U R I N G T H E R E N A I S S A N C E

B The Coîseum îs an exampe of ancîent Greek archîtecture.

What made the Renaissance so important that we still learn about it today? It was a time of new ideas, inventions, and scientific discovery. It was a period of people looking toward the past to connect with the possible future. People took chances and accomplished wonderful things.

During this period, there was a great renewal of interest in ancient Rome and Greece. Many of the leaders of the Renaissance, who were born in the different citystates of Italy, found inspiration in these ancient civilizations and wanted to know more by studying the art, architecture, and culture.

1500 Portuguese exporer Pedro Ávares Cabra traves across the Atantîc Ocean and reaches the coast of Brazî.

1508–12 Itaîan artîst Mîcheangeo paînts the ceîîng of the Sîstîne Chape.

From Tough Times To New Discoveries Many historians believe that the Renaissance was a response to the difficult years during the Middle Ages. This period, which came before the Renaissance, was tough for most people.

1517 Martîn Luther protests agaînst the Cathoîc Church, startîng the movement known as the Reformatîon.

1522 The irst cîrcumnavîgatîon of the gobe, begun by Ferdînand Magean’s leet, îs competed by Juan Sebastîan Ecano.

1532 Spanîsh exporer Francîsco Pîzarro conquers the Inca Empîre of Peru.

1570 The word’s irst atas îs pubîshed by Femîsh cartographer Abraham Orteîus.

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