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Bartolomeu Dias is a Portuguese explorer, arrives at Mossel Bay, South Africa. After encountering some natives that had later attacked, they continue to sail around the cape of Africa.
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Christopher Columbus was originally looking for a quicker route to Asia, but instead he stumbled upon the Caribbean Islands. Columbus initiated the expedition into the new world.
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Bartolomeu Dias starts sailing with Vasco Da Gama, another Portugese explorer. Their goal was to circumnavigate Africa in an attempt to try and reach India. They later separated.
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John Cabot lands on the East Coast of North America and declared the land under the ownership of the English crown.
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Vasco Da Gama finally left India to go back to Portugal with a few natives so that they may learn about their culture and customs.
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Vasco Da Gama Finally reached India. He was not well received by the local ruler, and tensions grew due to differing religions of the locals and Da Gama, and ignorance on his behalf.
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A great amount of Spanish settlers and missionaries followed the conquistadors to Spain's new empire. Wherever they stepped foot upon, they established colonies. They also claimed the land and its people for their King and Church.
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On a voyage around the southern tip of Africa, Bartolomeu Dias gets caught in a storm with the rest of his ships, in which the ships sink and Dias and the rest of his crew drown.
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Hernán Cortés was a Spanish conquistador and conqueror. Hernan Cortés invaded Mexico in 1519.
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Hernan Cortes wanted to conquer the Aztecs for gold, silver and adventure. Cortes and his Indian allies captured and demolished the Tenochtitlan.This event is important because without the conquering of the Aztecs, the Spanish's empire wouldn't have expanded.
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Ferdinand Magellan led the first expedition to sail completely around the world. Magellan proved that the world was round and larger than thought. He also discovered new oceans and land and proved that all oceans and land masses were connected.
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Vasco Da Gama arrived in India as the Portuguese viceroy, appointed by the king: King John III.
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Giovanni Da Verrazzano is an Italian navigator who explored the northeast coast of North America from Cape Fear, North Carolina to Maine while searching for a Northwest passage to Asia.
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Jacques Cartier arrives at the coast of what is now known as Newfoundland, in Canada, in hopes of finding gold. He explores the coast and returns to France after capturing two natives.
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Jacques Cartier returns to what is now known as Canada, and establishes a camp while waiting for colonists to arrive. After the winter, however, he decided to go back to France before the colonists arrived.
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Sir Francis Drake left Plymouth with his fleet to continue raiding Spanish holdings.
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The first English colony (Roanoke) was founded by Sir Walter Raleigh
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The East India Company is an English company formed in 1600 to develop trade in India and southeastern Asia. It eventually controlled large areas of India.
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The Dutch East Indian Company is a company whose main purpose was trade, exploration, and colonization
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A small Dutch ship named Duyfken sets sail and later becomes the first European ship to reach Australia
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Henry Hudson and his crew discover the Hudson River.
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Abel Tasman becomes the first European Explorer to sight New Zealand, though he never landed.
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Jacob Roggeveen discovered Easter Island on Easter Sunday.
