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Sep 2, 1300
Marco Polo's adventures
People started to read of Marco Polo's travles to Cathay (China) and other eciting Asian lands. People started to think of Aisa as a rich place. -
Dec 3, 1400
People in Europe Branch Out
People in Europe look out to the seas and beyond. Some longed for adventure. Others wanted to spread christianity to far and wide. People wanted to find riches. -
Oct 21, 1492
Columbuses Expedition
Columbus lead his first expedition westward. He laned in the Bahamas, islands that he believed to be near Asia. On another voyage he reached south America. -
Feb 5, 1497
John Cabot
John Cabot was an italina living in England. In 1497 King Henery VII sent Cabot on a voyage to the West. The English thought that there might be a water route through the Americas that would lead north and west to Asia. -
Sep 19, 1497
Vasco da Gama
In 1497-1498 Portugues explorer Vasco da Gama founf such a route and sailed all the way to indian. Other Europeans had different ideas. -
Sep 19, 1500
Spanish Exploration
In the early 1500s, Spain was taking control of much of South and Centeral America. -
Sep 19, 1524
Verrazano's expedition
In 1524 King Fransis I of France sent italian navagator Giovanni da Verrazano westward. Verrazano first reached land at North Carolina's outer banks
