Renaissance Period and William Shakespere

• Renaissance - Is a french word that means rebirth or general enlightenment.
• Marco Polo - He traveled by land for four years from Europe to China together with his father and uncle.
• Christopher Colombus - He thrilled an unknown world called America.
• Amerigo Vespucci – real discoverer of America.
• Vasco de Gama - He reached India by passing around Africa.
• John Cabot and Henry Cabot - They were the father and son who landed in North America.
• Ferdinand Magellan - He crossed the Atlantic to Pacific ocean and managed to reached the Philippines.
• Richard Hakluyt - recorded all the discoveries of the navigators.
• Voyages - title of the book that contains all the

  discoveries of the navigator.
• Johann Guttenberg - invented the first printing machine in

  Germany
• William Caxton - introduced the printing machine in England.
• Pope Gregory the Great - founded the famous Vatican library.