Globalization and Exploration Assignment

  • 1418

    Portuguese start exploring

    Portuguese explorers João Gonçalves Zarco and Tristão Vaz Teixeira discover Porto Santo Island in the Madeira archipelago. In reading this seems to be one of the first explorations, and could be a factor that encourgaged other countries to start their explorations
  • 1485

    "Discovery" of the Congo River

    The Portoguese explorer Diogo Cao, lands in the Congo River, this resulted in the King wanting Africa to be explored.
  • 1499

    Amerigo Vespucci explores the South America Coast

    Amerigo Vespucci explores the South America Coast
    Vespucci was the first to realize in his travels that he had been to a new continent and challenged Columbus's beliefs that they had been to Asia. I thought this was interesting because although Columbus is who took him to the Americas he is who corrected him and helped him realize they had discovered new land.
  • 1500

    Meridional Compasses became popular.

    Meridional Compasses became popular.
    British navigators adopted the conventional Meridional Compass, which helped them navigate. I selected this as this invention helped make travel more effective.
  • 1548

    Spanish settlements in Central America

    Spanish settlements in Central America
    The spanish found and settled gold mines in different areas of central America which helped incrase the Spanish crown economic status.
  • Sir Walter Raleigh establishes Roanoke Colony

    Sir Walter Raleigh establishes Roanoke Colony
    I selected this event since it took 88 years after the initial voyage that stumbled across the Americas before there was a recorded attempt to colonize.
  • First Successful North American Settlement "James Town"

    First Successful North American Settlement "James Town"
    The english King James allowed investors to settle in North America, known as Jamestown. This is really where the expansion of the English in North America began.
  • Abel Tasman voyages to Australia.

    Abel Tasman voyages to Australia.
    I selected this event as many times here in the U.S when we think of the age of exploration many of us think of Columbus and his discoveries during this time. However many other voyagers were making discoveries of their own.
  • French Revolution,

    French Revolution,
    This event resulted from the age of exploration, as there were economic struggles, and new gold mines were discovered.
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    Land Exploration of South America

    Alexander von Humboldt, decides to explore south america by land. He and the people he was traveling with explored by taking horses canoes. I though this once as a lot of explorers seemed to just being doing costal exloration.