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People in Europe began to look to the seas and beyond. Some of them longed for adventure, others wanted to spred Christianity far and wide, people wanted to find riches.
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He led his first expedition westward. Columbus landed in the Bahamas, he believed that they were near Asia.
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He found a route around the continent to the Spice Islands near India. He found a route and sailed all the way to India.
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KIng Henry VII sent Cabot in a voyage to the West. Many English thought that there might be water route through the Americans that would lead north to west in Asia, Cabot failed to find the Northwest passage. The Europeans gave up on theur search for the route.
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Columbus went on another voyage and reached South America
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Interaction between the "The New World" and "The Old World"-this is referred to The Columbian Exchange. Plants, animals, and even diseases moved between the Western and Eastern hemisphers.
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Spain clamied many of the New Worlds lands, Spain was taking control much of the South and Central America adn many Caribbean
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He explored and settled the islands of Puerto Rico, tehe king authorized him to explore north of Cuba.
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He set out with ships and crews, hsi expedition led him to the east coast of Florida he went through the Florida keys about a 100 miles and he found large tracts of land ripe for exploration lay north of the Caribbean islands.
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He had seen some of the Atlantic coast-line of this region on an expedition, Ayllon intended to planta strong colony for Spain along the coast.
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King Francis I of france sent Italian navigator Giovanni da Verrazano westward.Giovanni first reached North Carolina's outer bamks.Across this narrow islands he tought he saw the Pacific Ocean. He was actually looking at the Pamlico and Albemarle sounds.
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He sailed with a military expedition from Havana, cuba, to the west coast of Florida. Him and his ment were the first ment o see the regions western tip of North Carolina.
