Renaissance- "re-birth" - cultural rebirth in Western Europe- very influential movement from the 14th to 17th centuries - mainly started in Italy
Authors:
Shakespeare- wrote Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, and Macbeth - known as the best writer ever in the English language and some argue the best author of all time
Miguel de Cervantes- Spanish writer - 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 wasnt from Spain
Ponce de Leon- Spanish Conquistador around the current day Florida - Looked for the Fountain of Youth
Magellan- Portuguese- captaining the first circumnavigation expedition
De Gama - Explored in the Cape of Good Hope - Portuguese
Artist:
Michelangelo- Artist, painter - from Italy- Statue of David
Da Vinci- Artist and Painter- from Italy - Mona Lisa
Philosophers:
Sir Francis Bacon- English- Philosopher- wrote the book, New Atlantis
Sir Isaac Newton- Philosopher- Known for science revolution
Mathematics:
Galileo Galilei- Known for improvement to the telescope- Italian
Kepler- Used both Science and math to come up with first law of planetary motion- German
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