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  Era between 1400 and 1750 when Europeans made major changes to their economies due to new exploration.
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  bartolomeu dias sailed around the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of africa.
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  the pope issued an edict to settle some conflicts.
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  Columbus made three more voyages to the "Indies."
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  Transformation in thinking that occurred during the 1500s and 1600s caused by scientific observation, experimentation, and the questioning of traditional opinions.
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  sailed sailed northward to what is now Florida.
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  he set out from Spain with five ships to cross the Atlantic to South America.
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  lead 180 man and horses on an expedition.
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  copernicus's theory was published.
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  they purchased the new york island of mannhattan and named it new amsterdam.
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  english scientist issac newton published a book building on the work of Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo.
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  A chemist by the name of joseph priestley, discovered the element oxygen.