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Oct 22, 1300
Marco Polo
Traveled Asia during the middle ages -
Oct 22, 1300
Renaissance
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Oct 22, 1400
Zheng He
Led China to become the superpower of the Indian Ocean, considered to be "the world's most important crossroads of trade." -
Oct 22, 1400
Prince Henry the Navigator
He was one of the most important Portugese and world exploror -
Oct 22, 1450
Bartholomeu Dias
First European mariner to round the south tip of Africa, opening a sea route from Europe to Asia -
Oct 22, 1453
Fall of Constantinople
The fall of the city signed the end of the Byzentine Empire, and had consequences for both Christian Europe and Asia. -
Oct 22, 1470
Vasco De Gama
Portuguese explorer that was the first European to reach India by sea. -
Oct 22, 1470
Amerigo Vespucci
Italian Explorer and Navigator. "America was named after Amerigo Vespucci, a Florentine navigator and explorer who played a prominent role in exploring the New World." -
Oct 22, 1490
Christopher Columbus
Was an explorer, navigator and colonizer that found North America when he was searching for India. -
Oct 22, 1495
Francisco Pizzaro
Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incan Empire. -
Oct 22, 1500
Hernan Cortes
1st Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca was a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire -
Oct 22, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan
"Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer who organised the Spanish expedition to the East Indies..." -
Henry Hudson
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Vikings
They concured many cities
