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1001 BCE
Viking Exploration
Leif Ericsson discovering America. The first viking to explore it. -
Nov 7, 1394
Prince Henry sponsors Portuguese exploration
Henry sent many sailing ships down Africa's west coast, but did not go on them himself. He also started the Atlantic slave trade. -
Nov 7, 1405
Zheng He
Made seven voyages to Southeast Asia, India, and Africa to explore and trade. He made his first trip sailing to Vietnam and India with a fleet of Chinese boats known as junks. He also claimed that the map made in 1418 is correct. -
Nov 7, 1492
Columbus first voyage
Columbus led his 3 ships to Asia but ended up in America instead. He thought he landed in islands and that's why natives were called Indians. -
Nov 16, 1492
Columbian Exchange
Crops were being exchanged between the new world and old world. The potato is the most famous crop. -
Nov 7, 1497
Vasco Da Gama
The first person to sail directly from Europe to India, around the Cape Of Good Hope. -
Nov 9, 1507
Amerigo Vespucci
Discovered Rio De Janeiro, calling South America " The New World". Who also explored Brazil and the West Indies. -
Nov 9, 1518
Hernan Crotez- Conquest Of The Aztecs
Defeated the Aztec Empire and claimed Mexico for Spain, setting off to explore Mexico. -
Nov 9, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan
Became the first European to cross the Pacific Ocean and discovered a Western Sea route. -
Nov 9, 1541
Francisco Pizarro - Conquest of the Incan Empire
Discovered the Incan Empire and conquered it quickly and stealing their treasures. -
Atlantic Slave Trade
Enslaved Africans for sugar trade and taken through a slave ship, transported to Americas.
