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1415
Prince Henry sponsors exploration
prince henry of Portugal wanted to learn about trade routes through Africa. Multiple explores went to explore Africa because of this. -
Aug 1, 1488
Bartolomeu Dias sails around the south coast of africa
He showed that the Atlantic and Indian Oceans flow into each other. -
Dec 5, 1492
columbus lands on hisponia
This is when Columbus thought he landed in India but in fact, was the Caribbean island of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. -
1497
john Cabot explores Newfoundland
Cabot was trying to find a shorter route to Asia and ended up in Canada. -
Sep 25, 1513
Vasco Núñez de Balboa discovers the Pacific Ocean.
This connected the eastern seaboard with the west and made it easier to trade -
1519
Hernan Cortés lands in Mexico.
When they landed in Mexico they demolished the capital city of Tenochtitlán of the Aztecs. -
Sep 12, 1519
Magellan circumnavigates the globe.
He never finished his trip he died in a fight in the Philippens -
1543
Portuguese reach Japan
The first Europeans to reach Japan landed on Tanegashima Island. -
First permanent english settlement in jamestown virgina
Jamestown was a pivotal point in having colonists in the New World. -
Hudson explores the coast of N. America
Henry Hudson was searching for a passage to Asia and ended up in north America down the Hudson river.