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Oct 10, 1487
Magellan and his crew circumnaviage the world
King John II of portugal assinged Magellan the job of sailing around the southern tip of Africa in find of a new trade route from India. He was also in charge of finding Prester John, a fabled christian ruler and priest. -
Aug 3, 1492
columbus's First Voyage
He had convinced the King and Queen of Spain to finance his voyage, Columbus had left from Spain of August 3, 1942. He then made a stop at the canary islands to be restocked and then left from there on September 6. -
Sep 12, 1493
Pope Alexander draws line of demarcation
The line of Demarcation between Spainsh and Portugese territory was first defined by pope alexander. Then it was later revised by the treaty of Tordseillas. -
Sep 25, 1493
Columbus's second voyage
On his second voyage he set of with a fleet of 17 ships and about 1,500 crew members, soldiers, and colonists. When they reached La Navidad columbus had found out the fort had been destroyed and men were killed by the indians. They believed that it were the colonist they had mistreared. -
May 30, 1498
Columbus's third voyage
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Apr 21, 1500
Cabral reaches Brazil
The discovery of Brazil was an episode in the creation of Portuguese commercial empire which is less than a hundred years extended to four continents. -
Apr 12, 1519
cortes lands in Mexico
His spanish expedition consisted of 11 ships setting sail hoping to extend their empire. -
Henry Hudson sails up the Hudson River
Henry Hudson and his crewed sailed up the Half moon which was the name of the boat, into the Atlantic coast by chance. Strong storms and winds forced them to abandon the northeast voyage that had been assigned to Henry Hudon and his crew. -
Treaty of ATordesillas is sgined
The treaty was signed at Tordesillas which seperated the newly discover lands outside of Europe and also between Spain and Portugal. The were seperated along the 370 Castillian Leagues Meridian. -
Invention of the first astrolabe
In 200 B.C. the first astrolabe was made by the greek Hipparchus
