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Invention of the astrolabe
The astrolabe was invented sometime around 200 BC, and the Greek astronomer Hipparchus is often credited with its invention. -
Jan 1, 1492
Colubus First Voyage
Christopher Columbus was a italian navigator from the republic of Genoa that became an admiral for spain. -
Oct 13, 1493
Colubus Second Voyage
The second voyage was to be a large scale colonization and exploration project. Columbus was given 17 ships and over 1,000 men. -
Jun 7, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas is sighned
The Treaty of Tordesillas (Portuguese: Tratado de Tordesilhas, Spanish: Tratado de Tordesillas), signed at Tordesillas (now in Valladolid province, Spain), 7 June 1494, divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe between Spain and Portugal along a meridian 370 Castillian leagues (approximately 2,061 kilometres (1,281 mi)) west of the Cape Verde islands (off the west coast of Africa). -
Jan 10, 1496
Columbus Third Voyage
Columbus reported to the crown upon his return from the New World. He was happy to learn that his patrons, Ferdinand and Isabella, would not allow the taking of slaves in the newly discovered lands. -
Jan 10, 1497
Vasco Da Gama Reaches India
The Portuguese nobleman Vasco da Gama sailed from Lisbon in 1497 on a mission to reach India and open a sea route from Europe to the East. -
Apr 21, 1500
Cabral Discovers Brazil
The discovery of Brazil was an episode in the creation of a Portuguese commercial empire which in less than a hundred years extended to four continents. -
May 11, 1502
Columbus Fourth Voyage
Christopher Columbus set out on his fourth and final voyage to the New World. He had four ships and his mission was to explore uncharted areas to the west of the Caribbean, hopefully finding a passage west to the Orient. -
Jan 10, 1519
Cortes lands in Mexico
A Spanish expedition consisting of 11 ships is setting sail westward in hopes of expanding the Empire. News had reached Velasquez, the governor of Cuba, that some of his men had found land past the oceanic horizon where the sun sets. -
Leaf Eriksson lands on vinland
Erik Thorvaldsson, popularly know as Erik the Red, led a colonizing party to Greenland in 986 A.D. after being forced out of Iceland. His son, Leif Eriksson, was most likely born in Greenland but some people say Iceland, His date of birth is uncertain.
