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Prince Henry sent sailing epeditions down Africa's West Coast for Portugal. He did not go on the expeditions, but his sailors discovered African Coasts.
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Muslim merchants became very wealthy by charging fees to anyone who wanted to cross through South East Asia get to the Indies, leading to the expeditions around the coast of Africa
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Italian sailor who sailed for Spain "discovered" Spain. Brought the British to America.
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The Pope split the world into two parts after Christopher Columbus returned. Half was Portugal and the other half was Spain.
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Sailed around Africa. He did this because he didn't want to pay fees to the muslim merchants. He ended up landing in Calicut.
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Portuguese sailor who led expedition and reached Brazil. He was the first European to reach Brazil.
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He went back to India and got attacked by Muslim traders.
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He led a conquest to Malacca and established trading empire.
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Spain controlled trade in the Philippines and while they were there, they spread their religion. They spread Catholicism, which established a tradin empire.
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Portuguese sailor who sailed for Spain. He led the first European voyage to circumnavigate the globe.
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During Magellan's expedition, he pushed his crew to keep going, saying that they would arrive soon. He was wrong, and the voyage took several more months, and he was killed in the Philippines. Out of the over 200 sailors and 5 ships, they returned to spain with 18 sailors and one ship. The survivors were the first crew to circumnavigate the globe.
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Portuguese were the first to arrive in Japan. They traded with merchants there.
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Dutch ships return went to Africa and built settlements. When they returned to Netherlands after a year, they brought spices and wealth.
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Trading company founded by the Dutch in 1602 to protect their trade in the Indian Ocean and to help them win their war for independence against Spain. The company found success during most of the 17th century. It was dissolved in 1799.
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Japan originally welcomed Western traders, who brought Western firearms and designs for castles. After learning about the Philippines, Japanese shoguns became suspicious of Europeans. Japanese ban Western merchants and ban Japanese from traveling abroad for 215 years.
