Age of Exploration

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  • Period: Jan 1, 1400 to

    Age of Exploration

  • Period: Jan 1, 1400 to

    Commercial Revolution

  • Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Dec 31, 1500

    European Monarchs support Exploration and Colonization

    Made them more powerful than rivals by gaining riches.
  • Aug 4, 1492

    Salied the Ocean Blue

    Salied the Ocean Blue
    Columbus set sail from Palos, Spain.
  • Oct 12, 1492

    Small fleet landed on a tiny Island

    Small fleet landed on a tiny Island
    Columbus named it San Salvador, and assumed he reached India.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1493 to Dec 31, 1504

    Columbus made three more voyages to the Indies

    For the rest of his life, he had believed that he landed off the coast of Asia.
  • Feb 4, 1493

    Columbus returned triumphanlty to Spain.

    Columbus returned triumphanlty to Spain.
  • Feb 4, 1498

    Vasco da Gama sailed eastward across the Indian Ocean

    Vasco da Gama sailed eastward across the Indian Ocean
    Made a second voyage to India and returned with valuable goods.
  • Feb 4, 1513

    Vasco Nunez de Balboa of Spain made an overland crossing of the Isthmus of Panama.

    Vasco Nunez de Balboa of Spain made an overland crossing of the Isthmus of Panama.
  • Feb 4, 1519

    Ferdinand Magellan a Portuuese navigator

    Ferdinand Magellan a Portuuese navigator
    He and his crew set out to prove Barboa was correct.
  • Feb 4, 1519

    Hernan Cortes invaded Mexico

    Hernan Cortes invaded Mexico
    Captured and destroyed the Aztec City of Tenochtitlan.
  • Feb 4, 1522

    Return to Spain

    Return to Spain
    His 18 crew members had made the first around the world voyage.
  • Feb 4, 1580

    Spain annexed Portugal

    Spain annexed Portugal

  • Portugal regained its independence

    Portugal regained its independence