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Son of the king of Portugal, had heard from African merchants about discoveries of gold there. He also hoped they would find a route to the far east. in the early 1400's Henry set up the first European school for navigators in sagres portugal. Henry worked with others to design and build better ships. Henry sent parties of exprers south along Africa's west cost. In Africa, the portuguguese explorers found gold dust, ivory, and poepel whom they enslaved.
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In 1473 the equator was crossed. In 1487, Baratolomeu Dias readied ships for a long, hard voyage. Arter the storm ended, Dias went on with out knowing his ships had been blown around the tip of the continent. The tip of the coninent is now know as the southern tip of Africa the Cape of Storms.
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Christopher Columbus, the son of a weaver, was a skilled navigator from Genoa Italy. Columbus set sail from Spain in August, 1492 with tree small ships the Nina the Pinta and the Santa Maria. Christopher spent several months sailing around . On Christmas Eve, the Santa Maria ran around on a reef and was wrecked. He returned from his last voyage in 1504.
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In 1493 the pope drew a papal line of demarcation or an imaginary line from the north Pole to the South Pole some 300 miles or 480 kilometers west of the Azores Islands. The Portugues however did not like the way the lands were Divided. They Proteseted. Other contries like England, France, and the Netherlands, piad no attention to the Pope's rulings.
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Explored Atlantic coast of South America. One of the to believe he had reached a new world.
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Sailed with a handful of men. He explored the coast of Newfoundland and Nova Scoti and established claims over England in the Americans.
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In the summer of 1497, a portuguese noble named Vasco Da Gama led a convoy, or goup, or four ships down the Tagus river from Lisbon, Portugal. After four moths at sea, da Gama's convoy rounded the cape of god hope.
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Dicovered Brazil and sailed east to indis. Cabral claims Brazil for Portugal
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In 1513, ponce de leon sailed north from the island of Puerto Rico to explore Florida. Between 1519 and 1521, hernan cortes invaded Mexico.
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Crosed the isthmus of Panama. He became the first European to see the great white sea.
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In 1517, Portugal controlled the easteren route to the Indies. In 1519, Magellan set sail for spain.
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Hernan Invated Cortez.Destroyed the Native American empire ruled by the Aztec king Montezuma. Cortez and his troops took large amounts of gold back to Spain.
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In 1523, the French hired Giovanni da Verrazaon, another Italian navigator, to find a northwest passage. He saild along the Atlantic coast fron North Carolina to New york.
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Jaqes a French navigator sailed up to St. Lawrence River as far as President-Day Monteal. This gave the French a Claim to Eastern Canada.
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Explored Florida. Gulf of region from Texas to Mexico.
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In 1532, Francisco Pizarro invaded peru. Within five years, he conquered the Inca Empire.
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Explored Pacific coast. Went to Drakes Bay near San Fransico.
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In 1534, King Francis 1, who was catholics, for bade the Huguenots to worship freely. He wanted all frence peopel to support the Roman Catholic Curch.
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Explored west coast. In search of Northwest Passage to Asia.
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In 1609, the duch sent henry hudson an engulish naivagator to locate the passage. He explored the hudson river and sailed to what is today Albany, New York.
