European Exploration Of The World Project

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  • Period: Dec 1, 1487 to Dec 1, 1488

    Bartholomeu Dias

    Reached Cape Of Good Hope.
  • Jan 1, 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    First Voyage.
  • Jan 1, 1494

    Treaty of Tordesillas

    Shortly after Columbus arrival from the West Indies,they had to divide Spain and Portugal in order to aviod conflict.
  • Jan 1, 1497

    John Cabot

    Cabot sailed westward and eventually spotted what he thought was the northern coast of China, then returned to England to report his discovery.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1497 to Jan 1, 1498

    Vasco De Gama

    Rounded Africa To India.
  • Jan 1, 1498

    John Cabot's Second Voyage

    John Cabot undertook a second voyage. He hoped to find Japan. He cruised along the North American coast and perhaps got as far as Chesapeake Bay.
  • May 1, 1506

    Death

    Columbus died, unaware that he had discovered a new world.