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In 1000CE Leif Eriksson, a viking, set sail
from Greenland. Leif reached a part of Canada, they called it Vineland. The people attacked the vikings that went on that trip and killed Leif`s brother Thorvald. -
Marco Polo left his house, in Venice, Italy to go to China. Marco was 17 years old. He went with his father and his uncle to Asia. His books inspired the Europeans to go to Asia because of its riches.
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The Ottoman Turks capturd Constantinople and blocked off all of the trading posts. Thereofre, the Middleastern and Eurpean traders had to find a sea route to trade.
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Bartholomeus Diaz was sent on a trip by Prince Henry to find a water route to Asia. Diaz returns to Portugal after sailing around the Cape of Good Hope. He discovered the FIRST WATER ROUTE TO ASIA !!!
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Martin Behaim made the first globe. The globe was very misleading, it was missing North and South America and Antarctica. Africa was too small and shaped incorrectly, and the whole gobe was too small.
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Dagama was traviling by sea along the coast of India and wanted to hit Asia, but his sailors got sick and hungry and made him turn back.Along the way he got slaves and fruit for Spain.
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America appeared on a map for the first time!
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Balboa, an explorer, named the Pasific Ocean. Pasific means peasful becsuse the ocean he found did not have huge waves.
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Magellan, a Portugese exploer, SAILED AROUND THE WORLD FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Cortes traveled 500 soldiers, 14 cannons, 16 horses and sevral dogs to get gold from the Aztec empire.
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Pizarro asked Atahuallpa to follow the religen Christianity, but he refused and Pizarro took the emperor to prison.
