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Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
Exploration
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Oct 1, 1406
Ptolemy's geography is introduced in Europe.
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Nov 28, 1450
Prince Henry the Navigator establishes a naval observatory for the teaching of navigation, astronomy, and cartography.
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Nov 29, 1450
Invention of the printing press spurs wide distribution of navigation tables and ship plans. Ptolemy's geography is published and widely accepted.
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Nov 28, 1453
Turks overrun Constantinople, shutting off the overland trade route.
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Nov 28, 1484
Portuguese explorations discover Africa's Gold Coast and the Congo River.
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Nov 28, 1487
Bartolomeu Dias barely touches the Cape of Good Hope.
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Nov 28, 1492
Christopher Columbus sets sail.
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Nov 28, 1497
John Cabot sites "new found land" while searching for Northwest Passage.
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Nov 28, 1498
Vasco da Gama rounds the Cape of Good Hope and reaches India.
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Nov 28, 1506
Christopher Columbus dies.
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Nov 28, 1519
Magellan begins his journey to circumnavigate the world with five ships and 270 men.
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Nov 28, 1522
September 6, eighteen of Magellan's crew and one ship return.
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Nov 28, 1534
Jacques Cartier enters the St. Lawrence River. Land in Great Lakes claimed for France.
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Nov 28, 1577
Sir Francis Drake sets sail from England. He circumnavigates the globe.
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Henry Hudson explores present-day New York and Hudson River and claims them for the Dutch.
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James Cook begins the first of his Pacific explorations.
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Cook documents location of Australia.
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Cook explores Hawaiian Islands. He fails to locate Northwest Passage from Alaskan side.
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Cook killed in Hawaii.
