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Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
Age of Exploration
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Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
Commercial Revolution
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Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Dec 31, 1500
European monarchs supported exploration and coloniation
became more powerful than rival countries by gaining riches -
Feb 4, 1492
Sailed the Ocean Blue
Colombus set sail from Palos, Spain -
Oct 12, 1492
Small fleet landed on a tiny island
Colombus named it San Salvador and assumed he reached India -
Period: Jan 1, 1493 to Dec 31, 1504
Colombus made three voyages to the Indies
for the rest of his life he had believed that he landed off the coast of Asia. -
Feb 4, 1493
Colombus returned triumphantly to Spain
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Feb 4, 1498
Vasco De Gama sailed eastward across the Indian Ocean
Made the second voyage to India and came back with a bunch of goods -
Feb 4, 1513
Vasco Nunez de Balboa of Spain made an overland crossing of the isthmas of Panama
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Feb 4, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan proved Balboa was correct
He and his crew set out from Spain with 5 ships to prove balboa was correct -
Feb 4, 1519
Hernan Cortes invaded Mexico
Captured and destroyed the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan -
Feb 4, 1522
Returned to Spain
Ferdinand Magellan's 18 crew members returned to Spain and made the first round-the-world voyage. -
Feb 4, 1580
Spain annexed Portugal
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Portugal regained its independence
