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Nov 11, 1347
Guns
The first type of gun ever created in Europe was designed in 1347. These guns used gun powder, as a fuel in a way. Firearms this early were very inacurate and were very inconvenient. European civilization such as the Spanish, uthilized these weapons against their enemies. -
Nov 13, 1400
Sailing Ships +
Before this time there were many small and breakable ships. These "ships" are similar to modern day row boats. Though because of interest in exploration and the style of fishing for food, this small "ships" because larger, sturdier and could last much long at sea. With a larger and strong, more people, food and goods could be transported longer. -
Nov 13, 1406
Maps discovered!
Back in the second century, the first representations of a world map has been made. In 1406, the geographer Ptolomey discovered this buried treasure in western Europe. This awesome discovered leads Columbus to believe that Asia can be reached by sailing west of Europe. Little does he know that a different land stands between him and his destination. -
Nov 13, 1420
First Caravels
In 1420 the first Caravels were created in western Europe. The Spanish and Portuguese used these swift, small and tringle-sailed ships for very fast travel. This allowed explorers from everywhere get to their point faster. Also at this time, an Asin ship reounds the Cape of Good Hope near the tip of Africa. -
Nov 13, 1442
Slaves for Sale!
At this time, the first auction of black slaves were being made. This is truely a harsh time for the african america people. This moment in history marks the fisrt stage of slavery over africans. These auctions took place in Portugual. -
Nov 13, 1465
Go With the Stars
In the past yeras, many people used the stars as toold for navigation. Now, in 1465, this practice is being greatly overhauled with new tactics, making it very effective. The stars have always been a tool for navigation, now its incredible helpful. With this greater knowledge of the stars people now do not get lost as easily and can arrive at their destination faster and without getting side-tracked. -
Nov 13, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
The Treaty of Tordesillas divides the world;s undiscovered land between Portugual and Spain. As you can infer, some other people may want some of the undiscovered land. Though, this treaty only included Portugual and Spain. This little traty kept Spain and Portugual at any agreement for awhile and it gave them mutual benefits in doing so. -
Nov 13, 1498
Vasco de Gama & India
Portuguese explorer, Vasco de Gama reaches India by rounding the tip of Africa. This shows that an explorer from Potugual (high west of Europe) can reach India in just two years. This was an amazing accomplishment for de Gama. Doing this, de Gama's fame grew intensely. -
Nov 13, 1504
America = Amerigo?
At this time, a new world map is created with "America" named as a southern continet. The creators of this map named this land "America" in honro of Amerigo Vespucchi. As many people know, the name America stayed. Then eventually split into North America and South America. -
Nov 13, 1520
Adventures of Magellan
In 1520, the great exploere Magellan rounds Cape Horn and enters the Pacific. Just like de Gama, this event was another step to Magellan's fame. Like many other explorers at this time, Magellan sets sail to explore and to learn. For many people, Magellan was looked-up-to for doing such as taske. -
Nov 13, 1539
De Soto
Many explorers during these year, were Spaniards. One explorer specifically, De Soto, explored Southeastern United States. He discovered and mapped out what is now Flordia. Many different people at this time were exploring the United States, wiether its the North or South, De Soto explored the Sutheast. -
Nov 13, 1542
Coronado
Just like De Soto, Coronado explores the Southern Part of America. Though this explorer goes to the west. With Both De Soto and Coronado exploring the south for Spain, this culture has a big infuence on later day America. As you can seee, Spain is exploring a very wide portion of America. -
Nov 13, 1542
Verrazano
in 1542, Giovanni Verrazano explores the coast of North America in the name of France. If you can imagine a map of the United States, you can clearly see th different cultures and explorers that do so, in the name of that culture. Such as Verrazanno and France on the coast, and De Soto and Coronado and Spain in the south. In the 1500s America was a very diverse land. -
Nov 13, 1577
Circumnavigate?
To circumnavigate is to create a circuit of the world by navigating. Sir Francis Drake was the first to do this. He did this in the name of England because thats were he hailed from. This is a huge step in navigation becasue it demonstrates another way to sail the waters. -
Australia is Found!
In 1606, AUstralia is found! Now that that has been accomplish, explorers now know that Australia is there and has a possiblility of being colinized for that explorers leader. They also know that if they go looking for Asia or America, there is always a chance they may sail into Australia. This also encourages the creation of more maps for everyone to use. -
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Justification!
I chose these major points in history for many reasons. One of these reasons are because most of these points have somethin to do with a famous explorer and their adventures and how these actions affected ,navigation and exploration. Another reason is that the other points i've chosen is of the objects explorers used to do such explorer. These are just some reasons why i chose these major events in history to define exploration in a timeline.
