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Jan 1, 1100
Navigation (Compass)
most important insturment developed. -
Jan 1, 1400
New ships
Spanish and Portuguese designers made important advances in ship-building technology. -
Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
Age of Exploration
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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. -
Jan 1, 1430
Prince Henry
In Africa, they bagan to trade for slaves, gold, and ivory -
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. -
Aug 1, 1492
Christopher Columbus
Set sail from from Palos, spain. his three ships sailed westward across the Atlantic. -
Jan 1, 1493
Pope Alexander VI
issued and edict (an official order or proclamation issued by a person in authority.) -
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. -
Jan 1, 1498
Vasco da Gama
sailed eastward across the indian ocean. He returned to Portugal, his ships full of valuable goods. -
Jan 1, 1510
Portugese Expansion
After the voyages of Dias and da Gama, the Portuguese dreamed of controlling trade with asia. -
Jan 1, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan
he set out from spain, proved Balboa was correct.
