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1341
(Portugal) Portugal Launched Exploration
Portugal is the first to launch an exploration. Prince Henry planned a mission around Africa to head to Asia so that they wouldn’t have to go through it -
Period: 1341 to
Age of Exploration
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1441
(Portugal) Prince Henry’s captains sail to cape Bianca seperately
Prince Henry had two captains and they set sail to the new land without him -
1477
(Spain) Christopher Columbus started trading
Christopher Columbus began trading and exchanging things with other countries -
1488
(Spain) Bartolomeu Dias is the first explorer to round the southern tip of Africa
This man Bartolomeu Dias is the first man to sail around the south top of Africa and to explore it -
1490
(Great Britain) British merchants established a trade lines with Iceland
Britain merchants started trading along side everyone else and they created a connection with iceland -
1492
(Spain) Christopher Columbus Searches For East Indies
Christopher Columbus started a journey to find the West Indies. He landed in America but thought it was Asia so he called the people there Indians. He sent voyages to gather the gold and silver to improve the Spanish economy -
1493
(Spain) Christopher Columbus returned with some Native American slaves
Christopher Columbus used the native Americans as slaves and took some home with him to do his work -
1494
(Spain) Columbus found La Isabela
Columbus was exploring and found an island that nobody has seen and claimed it -
1497
(Great Britain) John Cabot discovers New england and canada
He discovers New England and Canada -
1498
(Portugal) Portugal found the sea route to Asia
Portugal found a sea route that people can use to sail to Asia so that people could get their easier -
1498
(Great Britain) Britain begins exploring
Britain joined in exploring -
1500
(Portugal) Portugal set up trading posts in India
Portugal wanted to increase their trading so they set up posts on India to do that -
1508
(Spain) Juan Ponce de Leon explored and claimed Puerto Rico
Juan Ponce de Leon was told to go on a journey and he found an island and was later called Puerto Rico -
1530
(France) France fur trade started
France was looking for fur because they could use it for clothing an other things so they started to trade people for it -
1534
(France) France began exploring
France wanted to discover new things like everyone else so they decided to join them in exploring -
(Great Britain) Sir Francis Drake plunders ships
He was sent to get rid of ships that were exploring and to make sure that they stop exploring and would steal their loot -
(France) France created new trading routes
France created new trading routes for trading -
(France) Samuel Champlain explored the Carribean
He was sent to explore for France and to bring back information