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1341
Portugal
First to launch explatory expeditions -
1400
Portugal
After multiple attempts they reached India via this route. -
1419
Portugal
Prince Henry the navigator commissions a journey around Africas “Cape of Good Hope” to Asia -
1453
Great Britain
Land routes (or the Silk Road) for expensive and dangerous -
Period: 1492 to 1500
Spain
Christopher Columbus discovered the Caribbean but thought it was Asia -
1497
Great Britain
John Cabot found present day Canada and New England -
1498
Spain
Christopher began to go on voyages regularly -
1500
Portugal
Established a series of trading posts and forts -
1500
Spain
They established trade routes across the Atlantic Ocean -
1534
France
French explorer Jacques Cartier had his first voyage to North America exploring the gulf of St. Lawrence and claiming that land for France. -
1534
Portugal
They would go on lead missions to South America establishing colonies there. -
1565
Spain
Spanish established the first permanent European settlement in the Philippines -
Great Britain
British sought a western route to Asia for trade. -
Great Britain
Established colonies in eastern North America. -
France
Samuel de Champlain found Quebec City, having the first French settlement in North America -
France
Jean Nicolet found Lake Michigan. Which ended up being one of the first Europeans to explore the Great Lakes region. -
France
France established its first permanent settlement in the Caribbean founding the colony of Saint- Domingue.