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This was located in Sagres, Portugal. Here students were taught navigation, map making, and science in order to sail down West Africa.
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The purpose of this expedition was to find a trade route to India. This was important because Europeans could directly trade with India and other parts of Asia.
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Columbus reached here trying to reach the Indies. He actually just reached an island in the Carribeans.
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Spain and Portugal did this to divide the land between them. This created the Line of Demarcation.
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The Portuguese crossed the Indian Ocean in only twenty seven days with a pilot's help. Vascon da Gama did not trust the native boatmen when he reached shore.
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The purpose of his expedition was to find a route West to the Spice Islands in Indonesia, but instead he landed on Homonhon island in the Philippines. Ferdinand Magellan was Portuguese.
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This was founded when Miguel López de Legazpi led an expedition. This was the Spanish's first permanent settlement.
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The Dutch created this to trade spices and make trade easier. Asia was centered in this trade.
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France did this to compete with Dutch and Britian's East India companies. King Louis XIV purpose was to trade in the Eastern Hemisphere.
