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Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
Age of Exploration
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Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Feb 5, 1500
European monarchssupoorted exploration and colonization
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Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
Commerical Revolution
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Feb 8, 1400
Spanish and Portuguses designers mad important advances in ship-building technology
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Aug 1, 1492
Christopher Columbus left Spain
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Oct 12, 1492
Columbus named a tiny island San Salvador
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Period: Jan 1, 1493 to Feb 5, 1504
Columbus made three more voyages
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Feb 5, 1493
Pope Alexander VI issued an edict
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Period: Jan 1, 1497 to Feb 5, 1504
Amerigo Vespucci crossed the Atlantic several times
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Feb 7, 1500
European powers aimed to colonize overseas lands
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Feb 8, 1500
The population of Europe increased
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Feb 5, 1510
Dias and Gama conquered part of the southwest coast India
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Feb 5, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan set out from Spain with five ships across Atlantic to South America
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Feb 5, 1521
Magellan died in a fight with islanders
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Feb 5, 1522
One ship and 18 crew members returned to Spain
