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invention of the astrolabe
This event happened in 150 BC.The Astrolabe was invented during the classical Greece period. This invention allowed sailors to know their latitude. -
Jan 1, 1488
Bartholomeu Dias sails to southern tip of Africa
Dias was the first to round the tip of South Africa, the Cape of Good Hope, and he opened a sea route from Europe to Asia. He sail past the Cape of Good Hope and into the southernmost part of Africa, Cabo das Agulhas, and into the Indian Ocean. -
Aug 30, 1492
Columbus' first journey
Christopher Columbus set out to look for a quicker route to India by going west not southeast. He took 3 ships with him the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Marina. Columbus found South America but he thought it was the continent Asia. -
May 4, 1493
Pope Alexander VI draws the Line of Demarcation
Pope Alexander drew a line seperating South America between Portugal and spain, he gave Portugal a very tiny part of Brazil. Pope Alexander VI declared that all lands west of this line would be Spain's and east would Portugal. -
Sep 4, 1493
Columbus' 2nd Voyage
On Columbus' second voyage he set out with 17 ships and 1200 men to defeat the Taino tribe and colonize the region. This voyage brought European livestock and settlers for the first time in America. -
Jun 7, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas is signed
The Treaty of Tordesillas was a new seperation of the Americas because Portugal wanted more of the land than what they had before. Portugal talked with Spain and they came to an agreement to let Portugal have a little bit more land than before. -
May 30, 1498
Columbus' Third Voyage
Columbus took 6 ships for his 3rd voyage and he landed in Gomera in the Canary Islands. At that point he split the 6 ships up to go on 2 different missions one group of ships went to deliver supplies to the colonists and the other -
Aug 20, 1498
Vasco Da Gama
Vasco Da Gama sets out on a voyage to find a route to India, he starts out at Lesbo, Portugal then rounds the Cape of Good Hope and then Lands at Malindi on the East Coast of Africa. Da Gama had help from an Indian merchant to set out across the Indian Ocean and get to the final destination of India. -
Aug 10, 1519
Magellan's crew circumnavigates the world
When he set out on the trip they were looking for a westwardly wy to the spice islands because of the treaty of Tordesillas said that they couldn't go east because that was Portugal's. Magellan did not make it all the way around the world but his crew finished the trip, it took 3 long years to go around the world. -
Henry Hudson Sails up the Hudson River
Henry Hudson and his crew found the river by chance they were blown off course and instead of coming back to Holland with nothing they decided to look for the north-west passage. He spent months drifting through the Hudson River but his crew grew mutious of him and Henry Hudson died.
