Age of Exploration By claypot20 Period: Jan 1, 1200 to Jan 31, 1300 Navigators fix a magnetized needle to a card marked with directions to create a true compass Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Dec 31, 1800 Age of Exploration Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Jan 31, 1500 European monarchs support colonization and explorization Jan 1, 1430 Prince Henry's navigator's move southward to coast of Africa Jan 1, 1488 Bartolomeu Dias sails around Cape of Good Hope at southern tip of Africa Aug 1, 1492 Christopher Columbus left Spain Jan 1, 1493 Pope Alexander VI issuses edict Jan 1, 1498 Vasco da Gama lands in India Period: Jan 1, 1500 to Jan 31, 1599 The Spain Empire Jan 1, 1513 Vasco Nunez de Balboa made an overland crossing of the Isthmus of Panama. Jan 1, 1519 Heran Cortez invades Mexico Jan 1, 1521 Ferdinand Magellan died on the Philippine islands by islanders Jan 1, 1533 Pizarro claims land for Spain Jan 1, 1640 Portugal regains its independance Period: Jan 1, 1700 to Jan 31, 1800 Trading Triangle
