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First to launch explatory expeditions -
After multiple attempts they reached India via this route. -
Prince Henry the navigator commissions a journey around Africas “Cape of Good Hope” to Asia -
Land routes (or the Silk Road) for expensive and dangerous -
Christopher Columbus discovered the Caribbean but thought it was Asia
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John Cabot found present day Canada and New England -
Christopher began to go on voyages regularly -
Established a series of trading posts and forts -
They established trade routes across the Atlantic Ocean -
French explorer Jacques Cartier had his first voyage to North America exploring the gulf of St. Lawrence and claiming that land for France. -
They would go on lead missions to South America establishing colonies there. -
Spanish established the first permanent European settlement in the Philippines
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British sought a western route to Asia for trade.
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Established colonies in eastern North America.
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Samuel de Champlain found Quebec City, having the first French settlement in North America
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Jean Nicolet found Lake Michigan. Which ended up being one of the first Europeans to explore the Great Lakes region.
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France established its first permanent settlement in the Caribbean founding the colony of Saint- Domingue.