Age of Exploration

Norse Vikings

Jan 1, 900

Norse sailors explored and settled limited areas on the shores of present-day Greenland and Canada.

EUROPEAN EXPLORATION/EXPANSION

Jan 1, 1492

Collapse of byzantine empire cut off Europe from overland trade with east Asia, Spanish expedition headed by Christopher Columbus sailed west to find a new trade route to the Far East.

Colombian Exchange

Jan 1, 1492

The entire Western Hemisphere came under the control of European governments,leading to profound changes to its landscape.

Widespead exchange

Jan 1, 1492

Known as the period of the Colombian Exchange. Dramatically widespread exchange of animals, plants, culture, human populations, communicable disease.

Columbus Travels

Aug 3, 1492

His travels allowed Spain to tbe the first European power to settle and colonize the largest areas, from North America and the Caribbean to the southern tip of South America.

Treaty of tordesillas

Jan 8, 1494

Prince Henry the navigator

Vasco de Gama

Jan 1, 1497

Sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to India and helped establish European trade.

AGE OF DISCOVERY

Jan 1, 1500

things that caused it were: spice trade profit, reduce ottoman influences, reconquista of spain

Portugal

Jan 1, 1500

Portugal colonized Brazil, tried colonizing of the coasts of present-day Canada, and settled for extended periods on the northwest bank of the river plate

Age of Exploration

Feb 8, 1500

Powers such as France also founded colonies in the Americas; Eastern North America, A number of Caribbean islands.

Ferdinand Magellan

Feb 8, 1519

Proved the world was round by circumnavigating the globe.

Spain and Portugal drive the exploration

Jan 1, 1522

Ratified by the Pope, these 2 kingdoms divided the entire non-European world