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Portugal was the first to launch expeditions -
Prince Henry was hoping to find rumored Christian allies, add to geographic knowledge, and perhaps find a sea route to the Orient. But he also hoped to find gold. -
the Cape Verde islands provided a handy means by which they could sail down the coast and avoid the Islamic states in North Africa who were themselves intent on monopolising African trade. -
Christopher Columbus was searching for the East Indies, he embarked on a voyage in 1492 -
Columbus returned to Spain in 1493, convinced that he had reached Asia. He described a tropical paradise and brought back enough gold and valuables to secure permission for a second voyage.
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Cabot had reached Bristol, England, a port city that had served as a starting point for several previous expeditions across the North Atlantic.
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John Cabot Found Canada and New England
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Brazil was officially "discovered" in 1500, when a fleet commanded by Portuguese diplomat Pedro Álvares Cabral, on its way to India, landed in Porto Seguro, between Salvador and Rio de Janeiro.
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Despite his success in farming, Ponce de Leon wanted to find gold. Ponce de Leon set out to see for himself if the stories of gold in Puerto Rico were true. -
France focused its attention on establishing commercially viable trading posts in the New World to supply Europe with its seemingly never-ending demand for furs.
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Cartier sails for France to find the Northwest Passage.He reaches Canada and explores its eastern regions
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Cartier sails for a second time for France to find the Northwest Passage and discovers the St.Lawrence america
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The first contact between Japan and Portugal occurred in 1543 when three Portuguese merchants landed on Tanegashima Island at the southern tip of the Japanese Archipelago after their boat was blown off course -
England’s first effort to establish a settlement in the New World ended badly. In 1584, Sir Walter Raleigh gained a royal charter to found the settlement of Roanoke, located on an island off the coast of North Carolina.
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The Treaty of Paris marked the end of the American Revolution. After the Americans had finished their fight for independence, many other colonies began to declare their independence as well marking the start to the end of an era of colonial rule.
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These were the 3 reasons British explored