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he became the first ming emperor.
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he was hongwus son
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The chinese began to stop all voyages to explore new places. they iscolated themselves and treid to build more miliatary and protection for China. They thought that they were advanced in technology and knowledge.
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After sailing down the west coast, A huge storm hit the ship, and they ended up on the East coast of Africa. he ended up not sailing to India because of his exhausted sailing crew.
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This was the year he convinced Spain to finance his voyage to find a sea route to asia. In october of this year he landed at an island, the Carribean. His voyage opened the eyes of Europeans and they began colonizing the Americas.
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an imaginary line drawn by Pope Alexander the VI was drawn dividing the land that portugal could have and the land that spain could have. All lands west of the line would belong to Spain, and to the east would be portugal. the line is called the line of demarcation.
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He saw the wealth beyond Europe, and the many goods and rarities that were in other places in the world. This is where he began to dream of overseas expoloration
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Chinese closed off borders, and thought thatt they didnt need to rade becuase they were so self sufficient.
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Made goa the capitol of their trading empire.
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Spanish explorer landed on coast of where florida is today, and claimed it for his country.
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Spain claimed the islands and began to settle there in 1565
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italian in service of france, sailed to north america while searchign for a sea route to the pacific.
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portugese sailers washed up on the shores of japan. the japanese welcomed them. the portugese wanted to trade with them. the japanese were happy to recieve new goods and were happy to trade.
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European missionaries converted the japanese. Fransis Xavier led the first mission to japan.
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at Batavia on the island of Java. they expanded west to conquer islands nearby. seized malacca and spice islands. they increased control over indian ocean.
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pilgrims were prosecuted for their religion
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japans borders were sealed, and missionaries and merchants werent allowed in.
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inviaded china and ming colapsed
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French Jesuit priest Jacques Marquette and trader Louis Joliet explored the great lakes and upper mississippi.
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the dutch Henry Hudson set out searching for Northwest sea route to Asia and instead found
