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Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
Age of Exploration
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Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Dec 31, 1500
European monarchs support exploration and colonization
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Period: Jan 1, 1451 to
Slave trade across the Atlantic
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Period: Jan 1, 1487 to
European Exploration to discover new lands
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Aug 1, 1492
Christopher Columbus left Spain
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Oct 12, 1492
Columbus lands at an island he called San Salvador
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May 20, 1498
Vasco de Gama reached Calicut, India
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Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
Spain Colonial Empire
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Jan 1, 1501
Population of Europe increases
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Jan 1, 1516
Charles V takes the Spanish throne
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Jan 1, 1519
Hernán Cortés invades Mexico
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Jan 1, 1530
Francisco Pizarro travels to the capital of the Inca Empire
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Jan 1, 1556
Charles V gives up the throne
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Jan 1, 1568
William of Orange revolts against Philip II
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Dutch East India Company is founded
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Portugal regains independence
