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Age of Exploration;Paige Marie Jolin

  • Navigation (Compass)
    Jan 1, 1100

    Navigation (Compass)

    most important insturment developed.
  • New ships
    Jan 1, 1400

    New ships

    Spanish and Portuguese designers made important advances in ship-building technology.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1400 to

    Age of Exploration

  • Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Feb 1, 1500

    econmic changes

    European monarches supported exploration and colonized. Gaining riches through conquest and discovery.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Feb 1, 1500

    Portugal's First Explorers

    Portuguese and spanish explorers made the first europen voyages into unknown waters.
  • Prince Henry
    Jan 1, 1430

    Prince Henry

    In Africa, they bagan to trade for slaves, gold, and ivory
  • Bartolomeu Dias
    Jan 1, 1488

    Bartolomeu Dias

    sailed around the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa. He had found the route to the indian ocean.
  • Christopher Columbus
    Aug 1, 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    Set sail from from Palos, spain. his three ships sailed westward across the Atlantic.
  • Pope Alexander VI
    Jan 1, 1493

    Pope Alexander VI

    issued and edict (an official order or proclamation issued by a person in authority.)
  • Treaty of Tordesillas
    Jan 1, 1494

    Treaty of Tordesillas

    trade between spain and portugal moved the line farther west.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1497 to Jan 1, 1504

    Amerigo Vespucci

    Amerigo was an itilan navigator. he crossed the Atlantic.
  • Vasco da Gama
    Jan 1, 1498

    Vasco da Gama

    sailed eastward across the indian ocean. He returned to Portugal, his ships full of valuable goods.
  • Portugese Expansion
    Jan 1, 1510

    Portugese Expansion

    After the voyages of Dias and da Gama, the Portuguese dreamed of controlling trade with asia.
  • Ferdinand Magellan
    Jan 1, 1519

    Ferdinand Magellan

    he set out from spain, proved Balboa was correct.