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prince henry of Portugal wanted to learn about trade routes through Africa. Multiple explores went to explore Africa because of this.
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He showed that the Atlantic and Indian Oceans flow into each other.
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This is when Columbus thought he landed in India but in fact, was the Caribbean island of Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
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Cabot was trying to find a shorter route to Asia and ended up in Canada.
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This connected the eastern seaboard with the west and made it easier to trade
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When they landed in Mexico they demolished the capital city of Tenochtitlán of the Aztecs.
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He never finished his trip he died in a fight in the Philippens
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The first Europeans to reach Japan landed on Tanegashima Island.
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Jamestown was a pivotal point in having colonists in the New World.
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Henry Hudson was searching for a passage to Asia and ended up in north America down the Hudson river.