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Period: Jan 1, 1300 to
exploration
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Jan 1, 1415
Portugaul had expanded to Muslim North Africa seizing the port of Ceuta.
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Jan 1, 1492
Coloumbus reaches the Carribean
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Jan 1, 1493
Columbus returned to spain.
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Jan 1, 1497
Vasco De Gama lead four ships around the cape of good hope.
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Jan 1, 1498
Vasco De Gama rounds Africa and reaches India
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Jan 1, 1500
Europeans began viewing slaves as the most important thing in african trade.
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Jan 1, 1500
Europeans began to view slaves as the most important thing in african trade.
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Jan 1, 1502
Vasco De Gama forced a treaty on the ruler of Calicut
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Jan 1, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan set out with 5 ships to erach the pacific.
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Jan 1, 1520
Magellans ships entered a bay at the southern tip of South America.
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Jan 19, 1521
Magellan was killed in the Phillipines
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Jan 19, 1522
Magellens people finally reached Spain.
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Jan 1, 1560
Abraham Ortelius produced a map that showed all the continents with acurate shapes.