Pedro Smith, Nicolas, Gabriela B.
The
age of exploration was a time that people traveled unknown seas by boat in
search of gold, spices, and territory. Now we are going to talk about some of
the most famous explorers. Pedro Álvares Cabral, Marco Polo, and Vasco Da Gama.
Pedro
Álvares Cabral:
He was born
in 1467 in the town of Belmonte Portugal. He discovered Brazil in the 22nd of
April when he got to Bahia. After 10 days of staying in Bahia they left to go
to India. He died in 1520 in Brazil. He brought back from Brazil to Portugal,
Pau Brazil.
Marco Polo:
Marco Polo
was born in the city state of Venice in the year 1254. There he stayed until he
hit 15 then his father Niccolo and his uncle Maffeo returned from a trading
trip through the Silk Road. When he was 17 he left with his father and uncle
for a 24,000 km trip. They walked in groups called Caravans which were groups
of people that rode camels together so they could defend the robbers way more
easily. Soon Marco worked for the Khan for 17 years. The Khan liked Marco so
that is why he hired him to work as a spy for the Mongolian empire. After a
while they left with their pockets full of jewels and riches. They reached
Venice in 1296 and Marco died in 1324.
Vasco da Gama
:
He was born at
1460 in Sines, Portugal. He was the first Portuguese to reach India by boat in
1497. When he reach India the people from there didn't want to trade spices
with the Portuguese. But still Vasco da Gama managed to get spices and he
brought them back to Portugal getting a fortune of about 6,000%. Vasco da Gama
died in 1524 in Cochin India.
And that was
the explorers from our group. Hope you enjoyed.
