- Means re-birth
- it is the cultural rebirth in western europe
- 14th-17th centuries
- started in italy
Shakespeare
- Known as the best writer in the english language
Miguel de Cervantes
- wrote dan quixote
- from spain
Chirstopher columbus
- discovered the west indies
- he was funded by spain
Ponce de leon
- explored current day florida
- looked for the fountain of youth
magellan
- captain of the first circumnavigation expedition
- portuguesebacon
De gama
- explored in the cape of good hope
- portuguese
michelangelo
- statue of david
- artist/ painter
- italy
Da vinci
- artist/ painter
- italy
- mona lisa
sir francis bacon
- english
- philosopher
- the new new atlantis
sir isaac newton
- phlosopher
- known for scence revolution
Galileo galilei
- italian
- known for improvement to the telepcope
- mathmetician
kepler
- used both science and math to come up with the first law of planetary motion
- german
- mathmetician
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