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Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
Age of Exploration
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Period: Feb 1, 1400 to
Commercial Revolution
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Aug 1, 1400
Christopher Columbous left Spain
Christopher Columbous left Spain in August, 1492. -
Feb 1, 1427
Portuguese set sail
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Period: Feb 1, 1450 to
Triangular Trade
Africans were forced into slavery and shipped off the the Americas and the Carribbean. -
Jan 1, 1488
Bartolomeu Dias sailed around the Cape of Good Hope
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Period: Feb 1, 1492 to
Columbian Exchange
The Columbian Exchange refers to the exchange of plants, animals, and diseases caused by contact between the Old World (Europe, Asia, and Africa) and the New World (the Americas). -
Nov 24, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
A treaty signed by Spain And Portugal that created the Line of Demarcation.All land to the west of the line was Spain's and to the east was Portugal's. -
Jan 1, 1498
Vascoda Gama sailed eastward across the Indian Ocean
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Feb 1, 1500
Pedro Cabral set sail for India
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Feb 1, 1513
Juan Ponce de Leon
Spanish explorer and soldier who was the first European to set foot in Florida. Went searching for riches and the Fountain of Youth. Landed on the East Coast of Florida(St. Augustine) and named it "Pascua de Florida" (feast of flowers) and claimed the land for Spain. -
Feb 10, 1530
Francisco Pizarro
Traveled from the Isthmus of Panama to the capitol fo the Inca Empire in what is now Peru. -
Joint-stock company was created
Owners raised money by selling shares shares, or stock, in the company. -
Robert de La Salle
French Explorer who was sent by Kind Louis XIV to travel south from Canada and sail down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico. Explored Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario.
