Age of Exploration

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  • Period: Jan 1, 1400 to

    Age of Exploration

  • Period: Jan 1, 1400 to

    Commercial Revolution

  • Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Dec 31, 1500

    European Monarchs support Exploration and Colonization

    Made them more powerful than rivals by gaining riches.
  • Salied the Ocean Blue
    Aug 4, 1492

    Salied the Ocean Blue

    Columbus set sail from Palos, Spain.
  • Small fleet landed on a tiny Island
    Oct 12, 1492

    Small fleet landed on a tiny Island

    Columbus named it San Salvador, and assumed he reached India.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1493 to Dec 31, 1504

    Columbus made three more voyages to the Indies

    For the rest of his life, he had believed that he landed off the coast of Asia.
  • Columbus returned triumphanlty to Spain.
    Feb 4, 1493

    Columbus returned triumphanlty to Spain.

  • Vasco da Gama sailed eastward across the Indian Ocean
    Feb 4, 1498

    Vasco da Gama sailed eastward across the Indian Ocean

    Made a second voyage to India and returned with valuable goods.
  • Vasco Nunez de Balboa of Spain made an overland crossing of the Isthmus of Panama.
    Feb 4, 1513

    Vasco Nunez de Balboa of Spain made an overland crossing of the Isthmus of Panama.

  • Ferdinand Magellan a Portuuese navigator
    Feb 4, 1519

    Ferdinand Magellan a Portuuese navigator

    He and his crew set out to prove Barboa was correct.
  • Hernan Cortes invaded Mexico
    Feb 4, 1519

    Hernan Cortes invaded Mexico

    Captured and destroyed the Aztec City of Tenochtitlan.
  • Return to Spain
    Feb 4, 1522

    Return to Spain

    His 18 crew members had made the first around the world voyage.
  • Spain annexed Portugal
    Feb 4, 1580

    Spain annexed Portugal

  • Portugal regained its independence

    Portugal regained its independence