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Known as "The Navigator," Prince Henry's first goal was to find gold for Portugal. By the 1430s they were moving southward along the west coast of Africa. There they began to trade for slaves, gold, and ivory.
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Sailed around the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa. Although Dias had to turn back, he had found the route to the Indian Ocean.
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Christopher Columbus made three more voyages to the "Indies." For the rest of his life, he believed that he had landed off the coast of Asia.
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Issued an edict in 1493 drawing an imaginary line from north to south through the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Half would go to Spain, the other Portugal.
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Sailed eastward across the Indian Ocean. He landed in India in 1498. Several years later, da Gama made a second voyage to India. He returned to Portugal, his ships full of valuable goods.
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Prices of Food increased many times in Spain.
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With 11 ships and 600 men, he invaded Mexico, seized the Aztec ruler Moctezuma II, (also known as Montezuma) captured and destroyed the great Aztec city of Tenochtitlán. He and his men would then build Mexico City.
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Originally from Spain, he made an overland crossing of the Isthmus of Panama. Reaching a vast ocean, he named it the South Sea and claimed it for Spain.
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A Spanish explorer who sailed northward to what is now Florida
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King Philip II of Spain ruling until his death.
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Led a revolt against Philip
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Was annexed by Spain.
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The Dutch East India Company was founded. It had total control over trading between the Netherlands and the East Indies.
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Regained its Independence, however trade and its oversea colonies were hindered under Spainsh control. Its only remaining colonies are Brazil and Angola.