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Began expeditions that would launch Portugal into the race to find a new route to China. Set up Academy that would encourage sailors to navigate the coast of Africa.
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Smaller agile ships with lateen triangular sails used by Portuguese for easier navigation.
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Tho Ottomen Turks, under the rule of Mehmed II takes Constantinople after a long siege. This event changes trade in Europe because the Ottoman Turks now control all land based trade routes to China; Thus launching the age of exploration
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First European to round the tip of Africa, and to discover the Cape of Good Hope.
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href='http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/599856/Treaty-of-Tordesillas' >Treaty of Tordesillas</a>
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After mant attempts by other well known sailors, Gama reaches Calicut and brings back a small cargo of Eastern luxury goods.
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German map maker Martin Waldseemuller, developes map which gives America its name sake and independent continental borders.
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Magellan VoyagesFirst voyage to circumnavigate the world
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