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The Astrolabe was an invention tyo help sailers tell time. The astrolabe was almost like a clock but you hd to line it up with the horizon and the north star.
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Leif Eriksson was on an expedition to introduce christianity to Greenland when his ship was blown off course resulting in the discovery of Vinland.
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Christopher Columbus' first voyage began in 1492 when he set off to explore the "New World"
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Columbus' second voyage was to be a large scale colonization. Hen was given 17 ships and was to lead 1,000 men. They first sighted land on November 3rd 1493
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The Treaty of Tordesillas was a treaty that divided up South America between Portugal and Spain
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Columbus had been on 2 voyages in the past 5 years and now was preparing for a third one. He would take six fleet of ships to the Carribean to spread christianity
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Although the crew of Vasco da gama had many troubles with muslim traders in Africa, they still managed to reach Calicut India
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King Manuel I sent 1,200 men out with thirteen ships to discover Brazil. Vasco da Gama had recently returned from his expedition was was begging and pleading on his knees out of exhaustion. The crew had a new captain. his name was Pedro Alvarez Cabral.
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In 1519, famous Spainiard explorer, Hernan Cortes left to discover present day Mexico
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Henry Hudson and his crew sailed up the Hudson river on September 3, 1603 which they soon discovered that the Hudson River connected the Atlantic ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
