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1400
Prince Henry sponsors exploration
Prince Henry sponsored exploration to find riches and glory -
1446
Portuguese reach Cape Verde
The Portuguese discover Cape Verde and begin colonization -
1488
Dias rounds Cape of Good Hope
Thus, the first modern rounding of the cape in 1487 by Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias -
1492
Columbus discovers America
And with the discovery one of the most powerful nations creation was set into motion -
1497
Vasco da Gama reaches India
The expedition then rounded the Cape of Good and, after sailing up the coast of east Africa, took on an Arab navigator who helped them reach the Indian coast, at Calicut (now Kozhikode) in May 1498. -
1497
John Cabot explores Newfoundland
John Cabot discovered an island of the coast of china and declares it Newfoundland (creative) -
1513
Jorge Alvarez reaches China
With the discovery of china came rice bamboo and paper -
1513
Balboa discovers Pacific Ocean
A whole new sea to sail discovered by balboa -
1522
Magellan finishes circumnavigating the globe
And with this feat mapping the world became 10 times easier -
1528
de Vaca’s exploration of N. America
With the exploration of North America came more gold livestock and other resources -
1534
Cartier explores eastern Canada
Maple syrup -
1543
Portuguese reach Japan
This came with the benefit of damascas steel weapons -
1576
Frobisher explores N. Canada
More maple syrup -
Janszoon discovers Australia
Lots of prisoners dumping and spiders -
Hudson ex- plores the coast of N. America
He discovers more resources and gold -
Abel Tasman discovers Tasmania and New Zealand
Even more spiders