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The Renissinance Era began. Welcome to the Eastern Hemisphere Mr.Renissance.
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Turkish Empire cuts off the land route for spices from Asia to Europe. Search for sea route begins.
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Johannes Gutenberg was born in German around 1398. He was a was a German blacksmith, goldsmith, printer, and publisher. Gutenberg is the first European to use movable type printing. He is the one who invented the printing press. This invention was made around 1440 (Est. 1454)
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Amerigo Vespucci discovered he and Columbus had not discovered India, but a land unknown to Eroupe. The land was named America, after Amerigo's first name. Extra Information: Wkipedia
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Bartolome De Las Casas was a priest who believed colonists and Indians should live equaly . He tried to convince the king of Spain, but the law was mot fully enforced. Extra Information:
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Prince Henery was born on 4, March,1394 in Porto. He was the one who made navigation school. Extra Information: Wikipedia
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Bartolomeu Dias sailed from west Africa to South Africa on mistake. A storm blew him and somehow, he was on of the survivors. Lots of the others had there ships blown by the storm. Extra Information:
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Alvar Nunez Cabeza was chipwrecked by a hurricane and he was one of the surviors to cross Southwest and into Mexico City. Extra Information:
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Christopher Columbus thought that he can go from Italy, then go west, and he can end up in India instead of going around Africa were Pirates are there. He tried to convince Italy, but they didnt believe him. So he went to Spain to king ferdinand and Isabella and asked them. First time they said no then the second time, they said yes. So he set of and after months and months until he went to an Island called Espaniola in south America.
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Queen Issabella atlast agreed to give Columbus money for his voyage. She wished he would find gold and teach religian to others.
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Christopher Columbus wanted to find a route to Asia by sailing west of the Atlantic Ocean. After his exploration he had reached an island in the Caribbean which he was mistaken that he thought he reached the East Indies. Due to Columbus's voyage he started tension between Spain and Portugal. However problems we're solved when Spain and Portugal signed the Treaty of Tordesillas.
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Christopher Columbus wanted to find a route to Asia by sailing west of the Atlantic Ocean. After his exploration he had reached an island in the Caribbean which he was mistaken that he thought he reached the East Indies. Due to Columbus's voyage he started tension between Spain and Portugal. However problems we're solved when Spain and Portugal signed the Treaty of Tordesillas.
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Columbus returns to Queen Isebella and tells her about the land and the new route he found.
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Shortly after Columbus arrival from the West Indies,they had to divide Spain and Portugal in order to aviod conflict.
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John Cabot discovers Newfoundland while he searches for the Northwest Passage.
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Vasco daGama was the first voyage to reach India. He reached the Indian port of Calicut. Later, Portaguese followed Vasco to India and used that route for trading spices. Extra information: Wikipedia<
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John Cabot undertook a second voyage. He hoped to find Japan. He cruised along the North American coast and perhaps got as far as Chesapeake Bay.
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Portugal took over in complete control after they deafted a Muslim fleet. They eventually created a fort at Hormuz. Then they captured a port city on India's west coast and made it the capital of their trading empire. After that they seized the waterway which gave them control of the Moluccas. They eventually became known as the Spce Islands.
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Pedro Alvarez Cabral is from Portugsl. He explored Eastern South Americaand claimed it for portugal.
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Estevanico Dorantes was sold a slave to Spain and survived a shipwrek with Cabeza devaca. He loved adventure. Extra Information:
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Columbus died, unaware that he had discovered a new world.
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Martin Waldseemuller names the New World America, after Amerigo Vespucci.
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Martin Waldseemuller was the published the first map that showed North and South America seperate from Asia and is the first map that says "America" Extra Information:
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The Portuguese take over the Indian island Goa, and make it their major military and commercial base.
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First Enslaved africans arrived in America .
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Juan Ponce de leon was first to reach what is now US to find gold for Spain. Extra Information:
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Vasco Nunez De Balboa is from Spain. He sailed to what is now present day Panama and from there, he reached the pacific ocean. Extra Information:
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Francisco Pizzarra conquers the Inca tribe.
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Portuguese ships reach China for the first time. The Chinese were not impressed with their gifts, but eventually allowed them to have a trading post.
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Hernan Cortes is from Spain and he led an expidition from there to Mexico to find Gold. Extra Information:
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Ferdinand Magellan is from Spain. He took of from Spain, with a goal of going across South America then from there going back to Spain thlong way. He accomplished it and returned back to Spain safley. Extra Information:
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Magellan claims the Philippines for Spain .In the next 50 years the Spainish conquered and colonized the Philippines.
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The spanish have control over Aztec Empire in Mexico. Spain made it a colony and called it New Spain
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wikipedia Hernando de solo sailed to Florida and conquered it for Spain. Extra Information:
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Francisco Vasquez de Coronda led an expedition into North America to find gold he heard in legends. Extra Information:
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His expedition lead them east to a village in Rio Grande. Corronado set up quarters on the land near present day Alberquerque, New Mexico. They had numerous conflicts with the native Tiguex people, and eventually got in a brutal war with them; the Tiguex War. Many pueblos (Little clay homes) where destoyed as well as many deaths of the natives. That's when Coronado heard of the wealthy civilization called Quivira, and headed east to the Great Plains.
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Givoanni Verrazzano reaches North America.
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The Portuguese reach Japan and begin trading with the Japanese.Soon other Europeans begin trading with the Japanese
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Pedro Menendez de Aviles started the settlement of ST.Augustine in Florida ST. He also went up the Gulf Coast and started settlements all the way up to preent day Georgia. Extra Information:
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Matteo Ricci became friends with Confucian scholars and when he died he was buried near the emperor. Most of Europe's knowledge about China comes from Matteo Ricci's writings.
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Juan de Onate led settlers, soldiers, and priests to present day Ne mexico. Extra Information:
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A Dutch fleet returned to Amsterdam with a cargo of pepper, cloves, and other spices. The sucess of the voyage got the Dutch more involved in foreign trade and lead to the creation of the Dutch East India Company.
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The Dutches had the most ships in the world. The Dutch and English battled one another for the dominance of Asia. Eventually both countries formed an East India Company to make and direct trade throughout Asia.
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The Renaissance Era ends.
