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What is the name of the waterway at the southern tip of South America named after a Th century Portuguese explorer?
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What waterway shortened routes to India from Europe?
None. There never was a waterway since North America was in the way.
What was the Portuguese colony in 1800?
The Portuguese colonies in 1800 were Brazil in South America and the Algarves in Africa.
Who discovered the Strait around the Southern tip of South America in 1520 some of crew completed first circumnavigation of the World?
The explorer who discovered the straits around the southern tip of South America in 1520 and whose crew completed first circumnavigation of the world was Ferdinand Magellan. The straits were named after him in his honor.
How might Juan Cabrillo's explorations affect later settlements in California?
Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo was a Portuguese explorer who traveled the west coast of North America on behalf of Spain. He was the first European explorer to navigate the coast of what we now call California.
What did the Portuguese bring to America?
above ground oven
Where the name america come from?
It came from the Portuguese explorer Amerigo Vespucci.
What narrow waterway is found at the southern tip of South America and starts with s?
The answer is The Strait of Magellan
Who was the portuguese explorer who discovered the eastern tip of south America?
Pedro Álvares Cabral
Name a strait in the sourthern part of south America?
The Strait of Magellan.The Straits of MagellanA particularly famous straight in the southern part of South America is the Straight of Magellan. The strait is named after the great Portuguese explorer of the same name.
French explorer reached the most southern point in America?
The French explorer who reached the most southern point in America was Ferdinand Magellan in 1520 during his circumnavigation of the globe. Magellan's expedition reached the southern tip of South America, now known as Cape Horn.
Man for which America is named?
America is named for a Portuguese explorer and mapmaker. His name was Amerigo Vespucci. He was born in 1454 and died in 1512.
WHAT waterway WAS built in central America prevented ships from having to go around the southern tip of south America part of the UNITED STATes?
The Panama Canal.
Are their any waterway channels in Central America?
The Panama Canal is a man-made waterway in Central America.
Who moved in to southern south America in 1500's?
The Portuguese colonized Brazil in the 1500's.
Name the strait in the southern part of south America that was named after a famous explorer?
monkey
A strait at the tip of south America named after a portuguese explorer whose crew was first to circumnavigate the globe?
Magellan Strait
Why are the western continents named after Portuguese explorer Amerigo Vespucci?
because he was the first one to pronounce that America was another continent
