Renaissance
- “re-birth” Italian: Rinascento, “to be reborn”
- It is the cultural rebirth in Western Europe
- It is very influential movement from the 14thh to 17th centuries
- Mainly started in Italy
Authors
Shakespeare
- He wrote Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, and Macbeth
- Known as the best writer ever in the Meglish language and some argue the best author of all time
- England
Miguel de Cervantes
- Wrote Don Quixote
- From Spain
Explorers
Christopher Columbus
- Sailed the Atlantic in 1492 and discovered the West Indies
- He was funded by Spain even though he wasn’t from Spain
Ponce de Leon
- Spanish Conquistador around the current day Florida
- Looked for the Fountain of Youth
Magellan
- Portuguese
- Captaining the firth circumnavigation expedition
De Gama
- Explored in the Cape of Good Hope
- Portuguese
Artist
Michelangelo
- Artist
- Painter
- Italy
- Statue of David
Da Vinci
- Artist
- Painter
- Italy
- Mona Lisa
Philosopher
Sir Francis Bacon
- English
- Philosopher
- The New Atlantis
Sir Isaac Newton
- Philosopher
- Known for science revolution
Math
Galileo Galilei
- Known for improvement to the telescope
- Italy
Kepler
- Used science and math to come up with first law of planetary motion
- German
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