SOTW Ch. 31

From Italy

Wanted to to find a route to India without having to sail the coast of Africa

King of Portugal

Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain

Landed off the coast of Florida

Italian

Seven years after Columbus

Next 10 years he made several journeys he finally realized they weren't in India

Portuguese

Magellan knew that Vasco da Gama who had managed to sail around Africa and get to India by going east had taken a whole year on his voyage.

Marco Polo was born in Venice, Italy, around 1254. 

At the age of 17, Marco Polo traveled to Asia with his father and uncle Maffeo. They crossed 15,000 miles, traversing Persia, China, Japan and India.

Centuries after his death, explorers such as Henry the Navigator and Christopher Columbus were inspired by Marco Polo’s accounts. Columbus set sail to find new routes to the Orient.