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| Creator of the printing press or "movable type". This enabled books to be made faster and literacy to spread throughout the early Renaissance world faster. |
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| Leader of the Protestant Reformation. Excommunicated from the church due to his writing of "95 Theses", 95 reasons why the church was flawed. Lutherism and Calvarism were created in thought of him. |
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| English teacher and doctor. Proves that blood circulates throughout the body and the heart is responsible for pumping blood throughout the body. Used animals for experiments, since it was not right to dissect humans. |
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| A Polish canon, considered the founder for modern astronomy. Describes what we live in is a heliocentric galaxy, which means everything revolves around the sun and the earth turns on an axis. He impacted future discoveries of Galileo, Kepler and Newton. |
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| Flemish physician and anatomist. He challenged the previous findings of anatomy from studies of animals, so he dissected humans. He believed that to find scientifinc knowledge, you have to observe nature. |
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| Italian scientist who discovered the law of inertia, invented the telescope and proved Copernicus right. |
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| English scientist, who was considered the greatest scientist of all time. He contributed to the understanding of heat, light, motion and gravity. He invented a new math called calculus to prove his theories. The discovery of gravity was observed by him (apple falling on his head). |
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| Sailed to the Cape of Good Hope to prove that the southern tip of Africa was not dangerous. |
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| Made a policy with the Native Americans for fur trading. |
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Robert Cavalier de La Salle |
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| Leads an exploration in 1669 down the Ohio River to claim land for France. |
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| Discovers that the Mississippi river flows directly into the Gulf of Mexico. |
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| Founded a colony named Roanoke that mysteriously vanished. |
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| Sailed for England and claimed Newfoundland. |
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| Searched for a passage called the Northwest Passage with my fellow explorer Marquett |
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| An English "seadog" who sailed for Queen Elizabeth, the Spanish reffered to me as a pirate. |
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| An Italian who discovered a new continent and changed the world map. |
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| Discovered the Pacific Ocean. |
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| Sailed to India from Lisbon for spices. |
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| An Italian patron who was considered "the first lady of the world". |
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| Religious leader from the powerful Medici family. |
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| Humanist priest who criticized curropt popes and monks. |
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| Italian genius who excelled in art, science, and engineering. |
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| Ruler of England for 45 years and supporter of the arts. |
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| Flemish artist who painted realistic scenes with common people. |
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| Courtier who wrote book on court life and manners. |
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| French author who wrote that woman's talents were as important as men's. |
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| Spanish author who wrote about love and amazng adventures. |
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| German artist that created spectacular woodcuts. |
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| English author who wrote sonnets, poetry and 37 plays with beautiful language. |
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| English humanist and lawyer that wrote a book about an ideal society. |
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| Spanish artist who painted religious subjects with exquisite drama and emotion. |
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| French monk and author who criticized life in monasteries. |
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| First woman to be accepted to the famous Florence Academy of Artists. |
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| Person who sponsered Columbus' voyage to America. |
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| First to circumnavigate the world. |
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Prince Henry the Navigator |
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| I supported exploration and helped design the caravel. |
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| I was from Italy but sailed for Spain. |
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| I was a conquistador who defeated Montezuma, the Aztec King. |
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| I built the "City of Kings" and was a conquistador for Spain. |
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