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Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
Commercial Revolution
Europeans made major changes to their economies due to new exploration. -
Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Dec 31, 1500
Monarchs Support Exploration and Colonization
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Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
Age of Exploration
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Jan 1, 1488
Bartolomeu Dias sailed around the Cape of Good Hope
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Aug 1, 1492
Christopher Columbus left Spain
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Oct 12, 1492
Columbus lands on San Salvador
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Jan 1, 1493
Pope Alexander VI issues an Edict
The edict drew an imaginary line from north to south through the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. -
Period: Jan 1, 1493 to Dec 31, 1504
Columbus makes three more voyages to "Indies"
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Jan 1, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
This treaty between Spain and Portugal moved the line farther west. -
Period: Feb 4, 1497 to Feb 4, 1504
Amerigo Vespucci crossed the Atlantic to the New World several times
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Jan 1, 1498
Vasco da Gana lands in India
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Jan 1, 1513
Vasco Nunez de Balboa crossed Isthmus of Panama over land
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Jan 1, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan sailed to South America
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Jan 1, 1522
First around the world voyage was completed
Magellan had died but one ship and 18 crew members returned to Spain. -
Jan 1, 1580
Spain annexed Portugal
