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Period: Jan 1, 1488 to
Dates
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Mar 12, 1488
Bartolomeu Dias
-Worked for Portugal
-Europeans could now trade directly wiith India and other parts of Asia.
-He also discovered the Cape of Good Hope -
Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus
-Worked for Spain
-Discovered the Americas
-Found new people and goods -
May 2, 1497
John Cabot
-Italian Explorer, sponsered by England
-Landed on the east coast somewhere around New York and claimed the land for King Henry VII -
Nov 4, 1497
Vasco de Gama
-Portuguese Explorer.
-Discovered new waters unknown to Europeans at the time. -
Jan 1, 1501
Amerigo Vespucci
-worked for Portugal
-Discovered an unknown Continent -
Sep 6, 1522
Ferdidnand Magellan
-Portuguese explorer
-First explorer to sail around the world -
Jan 1, 1534
Jacques Cartier
-Worked for France
-Claimed Canada for France -
Henry Hudson
-Worked for the English
-Found the Hudson river and mapped out the Eastern shore
