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European

Jun 16, 1095

Europeans launched the first of nine expeditions known as the crusade.

Marco Polo

Aug 28, 1296

Marco Polo began writng an acount of his trip decribing the the marnels of Asia.

Prince Henery

May 25, 1420

Prnce Henery set up a center for exploraon the sourthertip of portugal.

Dias

Oct 28, 1481

In 1481 Dias accompanied Diogo de Azambuja on an expedition to the Gold Coast. Dias was a cavalier of the royal court, superintendent of the royal warehouses and sailing-master of the man-of-war So Cristvo.

King John II

Oct 10, 1486

King John II of Portugal had appointed him on 10 October 1486 as the head of an expedition that was to endeavor to sail around the southern end of Africa in the hope of finding a trade route leading to Asia

bartholomeu Dias

Jul 21, 1487

King sent Bartholomeu to explore the southernmost part if Africa.

Bartholomeu

Mar 12, 1488

He did not know that he had sailed well beyond the tip of the continent. When calm weather returned he sailed in an easterly direction and, when no land appeared, turned northward, landing at the "Baa dos Vaqueiros" (Mossel Bay) on 12 March 1488

Cape of Good Hope

May 28, 1488

It was only on the return voyage that he discovered the Cape of Good Hope in May 1488.

Columbus

Aug 3, 1492

Columbus set out from Palos, spain.

Vespucci

Oct 10, 1492

was the first person to demonstrate that the New World discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1492 was not the eastern appendage of Asia, but rather a previously-unknown "fourth" continent.

Columbus

Oct 12, 1492

Columbus reached America

Tierra

Oct 12, 1492

at 2:00 in the morning a lookout Shuoted tierra tierra

treay of todesillas

Aug 28, 1494

Two conutries signed the treaty of Tordesillas

Vasco Preparation

Mar 4, 1497

. In July 1497, after much preparation Vasco Da Gama set out from Portugal with four ships.

Vasco Sailed East

Jul 8, 1497

Vasco da Gama sailed from Lisbon, Portugal, on July 8, 1497, heading to the East

Trade Routes

May 20, 1498

After many stops in Africa, and problems with Muslim traders who did not want interference in their profitable trade routes, da Gama reached Calicut, India on May 20, 1498.

Eastern Sea Route

Oct 22, 1498

Vasco Da Gama reached the port of Calicut in 1498 copleting the long waited easyern sea route to Asia.

Vasco Returning

Sep 26, 1499

Da Gama returned to Lisbon, Portugal, in September, 1499

Amigo vespucci

Oct 24, 1499

Explorer Amerigo Vespucci began mapping South America's coastline.

Slaves

Oct 17, 1500

The Spainish goverment granted each conquistador who settle in the Americas into slaves.

Amerigo

Mar 26, 1507

In 1507, Martin Waldseemller produced a world map on which he named the new continent America after Vespucci's first name, Amerigo. In an accompanying book, Waldseemller published one of the Vespucci accounts, which led to criticism that Vespucci was trying to usurp Christopher Columbus' glory.

Alvar Nunez cabeza de Vac

May 26, 1528

Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca was part uf a Spainish expedition to Florida.

Spaniards

Aug 19, 1533

The Spainards set off on a great 1,00 mile journey

Jacques Catier

Oct 25, 1535

French explorer Jacques Catier sailed up the st. Lawrence River hoping it would lead to the Pacific.

Cabez de Vaca

Oct 27, 1536

Arriving in Mexico Cabez de Vaca related taes he had heard of sven cities with walls of emarld and streets of gold.

New laws

Oct 31, 1542

The spanish goverment passed the New Laws which forbade making slaves of Native Americans.

North America

Jun 28, 1600

The countries sent explorers to chart the coast of North America.

Samuel de Champlain

Aug 19, 1608

The roup sent Samuel de Champlain to estash a settlement inQuebec in what is now Canada

Hudson River

Sep 26, 1609

Hudson discovered the river that now bears his name.