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Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
Age of Exploration
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Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
European Monarchs Support Exploration and Coloninization
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Period: Jan 1, 1460 to
Commercial Revolution
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Aug 1, 1492
Christopher Columbus left Spain
Christopher Columbus leaves Spain in order to find a new route to the East. -
Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Colombus Lands on San Salvador
Columbus arives in the New World. -
Jan 1, 1493
Christopher Columbus Returns to Spain
Columbus' triumphet return. -
Jan 1, 1493
Pope Alexander VI edict
The Edict drew an imaginary line throught the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Spain got all the lands west of the line, Portugal got everything east of the line. -
Period: Jan 1, 1493 to Dec 31, 1504
Columbus' Three Other Voyages to the New World
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Jan 1, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
An agreement between Spain and Portrugal that moved the line from the Pope's edict further west. -
Period: Feb 5, 1497 to Feb 5, 1504
Amerigo Vespucci crosses the Atlantic Several Times
These crossings were a part of Spanish and Portugese expiditions. -
Jan 1, 1498
Vasco da Gama lands in India
Vasco da Gama ends his voyage across the Indian Ocean by landing in India. -
Jan 1, 1500
Pedro Cabral Lands in Brazil
Portugese navigator Pedro Cabral gets blown off course while sailing westward to India and lands in Brazil. -
Feb 5, 1513
Vasco Nunez de Balboa makes overland crossing
This crossing was of the isthmus of Panama -
Feb 5, 1513
Ponce de Leon sails to Florida
Ponce de Leon sailed northward to Florida -
Feb 5, 1519
Hernan Cortes Invades Mexico
Invaded with 11 ships and 600 men, seizing Moctezuma II. -
Period: Feb 5, 1519 to Feb 5, 1522
Ferdinand Magelllan's Round-the World Voyage
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Jan 1, 1543
Nicolaus Copernicus Publishes His Heliocentric Theory
Nicoulaus Copernicus publishes his idea that the Earth moves around the Sun -
Feb 5, 1580
Spain Annexes Portugel
Spain annexes a weakened Purtugel. -
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Dutch Control European Commerce
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Dutch East India Company is Founded
Had Total control over trading between Netherlands and the East Indies -
Galileo Publsihes his Findings
Galileo publishes hi discovery of the rings around Saturn, the spots on the sun, and the moons circling Jupiter. His work supported Heliocentric theory. -
Portugal regains Independence
Portugal regains independence from Sapin -
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Height of Triangular Trade
