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King Joao II's go-to man for exploration
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Technical course start
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Funded exploration, alllowed Portugal to get ahead of the exploration game with spices, Africa, and slavery
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Proves that India can be reached by sea
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Pepper was 60x the price of the voyage, opened the European gates to India
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Divides new lands along the Line of Demarcation in the Atlantic Ocean, Spain gets territory to the West (Americas), Portugal gets East (Africas)
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Dies in middle of voyage in Philippines, crew finished
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