Renaissance:
-renaissance means re-birth
-italian: rinascimento, to be reborn
-it is the cultural rebirth in western europe
-it is very influential mvoment from 14th to 17th centuries
-mainly started in Italy
BUI's:
Authors:
Shakespeare: he wrote Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, and Macbeth. He is known as the best writer ever in the English language and some argue the best author of all time
Miguel de Cervante: wrote Don Quixote. He was from Spain
Explorers:
Christopher Columbus: sailed the Atlantic in 1492 and discovered the West Indies. he was funded by the Spain even though he wasn't from Spain
Ponce de Leon: Spanish Conquistador around the current day Florida. He looked for the fountain of youth.
Magellan: Portuguese and captaining the first cicumnavigation expedition
De Gama: explored in the cape of good hope Portuguese
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