Question
From your studies of the explorers, which of the following contributed to exploration in the name of Portugal?
Joliet
Dias
Prince Henry
Da Gama
Joliet
Dias
Prince Henry
Da Gama
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The explorers who contributed to exploration in the name of Portugal include:
1. **Bartolomeu Dias** - He was the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa, reaching the Cape of Good Hope in 1488.
2. **Vasco da Gama** - He is known for being the first to find a sea route to India by sailing around Africa, arriving in Calicut in 1498.
3. **Prince Henry the Navigator** - Though not an explorer himself, he played a significant role in the early days of the Portuguese Empire and the Age of Discoveries by sponsoring numerous explorations along the African coast.
**Joliet** (Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet) was a French explorer and is not associated with Portuguese exploration.
So, the correct contributions in the name of Portugal are Dias, Prince Henry, and Da Gama.
1. **Bartolomeu Dias** - He was the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa, reaching the Cape of Good Hope in 1488.
2. **Vasco da Gama** - He is known for being the first to find a sea route to India by sailing around Africa, arriving in Calicut in 1498.
3. **Prince Henry the Navigator** - Though not an explorer himself, he played a significant role in the early days of the Portuguese Empire and the Age of Discoveries by sponsoring numerous explorations along the African coast.
**Joliet** (Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet) was a French explorer and is not associated with Portuguese exploration.
So, the correct contributions in the name of Portugal are Dias, Prince Henry, and Da Gama.