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2016 BCE
Prince Henry sponsors Portuguese exploration
He sponsored a great deal of exploration along the west coast of Africa. He is regarded as an originator of the Age of Discovery and the Atlantic slave trade. -
1000 BCE
Viking Exploration - Leif Ericsson
Leif Ericsson was the son of Erick the red, founder of the first European settlement on what is now called Greenland. After spending the winter in Finland he sailed back to Greenland and never returned to North american shore. He was believed to be the first European to reach the north american continent before Christopher Columbus. -
Aug 3, 1492
Columbus first voyage
Colombus was finding for a new and quicker route to to the lucrative Chinese trade markets and failed. -
May 10, 1497
Amerigo Vespucci
on his 3rd successful voyage he discovered present-day Rio de Janiero and Rio de la plata. He called south america the new world believing he had discovered a new continent. -
Aug 13, 1521
Hernan Cortez- Conquest of the aztecs
He sailed with another guy to conquer Cuba and was elected twice as mayor of santiago. He won over the local indians arriving with 500 men 16 horses and canon. -
Nov 18, 1528
Francisco Pizzaro
He is a Spanish conquistador that conquered the Inca Empire by leading an expedition. He also killed the incan emperor. -
The Colombian exchange
The new world was separated from Eurasia from the old world. Because of this, they would trade one another for different things. -
Zheng He possibly reaches America
A Chinese map was found. Many say that Christopher Columbus was not the first one to navigate the New world. -
Vasco da gama
He was commissioned to find a maritime route to the East by the Portuguese king. He made 2 other voyages to India and was appointed as Portuguese viceroy in india -
Ferdinand Magellan
He is a Portuguese explorer that led the first voyage of discovery to explore the globe. -
Middle Passage/ Atlantic slave trade
Many Africans were forcively being transported across the Atlantic ocean in a ship.
