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Period: Nov 29, 1400 to
Age of Exploration
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Nov 28, 1405
Zheng He takes first voyage.
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Nov 28, 1418
Prince Henry founds navigation school for the teaching of navigation, astronomy, and cartograpgy.
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Nov 29, 1488
Bartolomeu Dias: The first European to set sail round the South Coast of Africa and up along the East coast.
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Nov 29, 1494
Spain and Portugal sign Treaty of Tordesillas.
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Nov 29, 1497
John Cabot: Claimed coastal lands in present day Canada ans U.S. for England
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Period: Nov 29, 1500 to
Europeans began to view slaves as the most important item of African trade.
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Nov 29, 1510
Portugese captured Goa, a port city on India's west coast and made it the capital of their trading empire.
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Nov 29, 1519
Hernen Cortes: Conquered the Rich Aztec Empire in Mexico
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Period: Nov 29, 1519 to Nov 29, 1522
Ferdinand Magellan: Led the first expedition to sail completely aroung the world.
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Nov 29, 1534
Jacques Cartier: Exploered the St. Lawrence River
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Jamestown, the first successful English colony was founded.
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Henry Hudson: Explored the Hudson River and Hudson Bay
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Dutch established trade headquaters with Java.
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Manchus establish Quing Dynasty in China.
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Period: to
The French and Indian Wars begin.
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Period: to
The American Revolution
