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A Portugese Politician who helped bring in the Atlantic Slave Trade and the Age of Discovery.
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The Dynasty known for creating lots of exploration and
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The Muslims and Italians controlled the trade in the Middle East and Europe. Many sailors didn't want to go inland to trade so they went around other countries
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Christopher Colombus was an Italian Navigator who in 1492, tried to find a new trade network to Asia but ended up finding land in the America's.
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Vasco Da Gama was a Portugese explorer who was the first to reach India by sea and landed in Calicut representing Portugal.
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Pedro Alvarez Cabral was a Portugese explorer, and military man who claimed the North-East part of South America for Portugal when he went on an expedition for new land.
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In 1502, Vasco da Gama reached Calicut by travelling around Africa and up the West Coast in order to dodge the Muslims in the middle East.
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Alfonso de Albuquerque was a Portugese general who created settlements in North Africa and established trade routes in the East.
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Ferdinand Magellan was a Portugese explorer who led a Spanish Expedition to the East Indies which became the first circumnavigation of the Earth.
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Ferdinand Magellan arrived in the Phillipines in 1521 and spread the Catholic religiona and took over the region for Spain.
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In 1543, Portugal landed in Japan and had a heavy influence on trade in that specific region.
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The Happy return was the second expedition to the East Indies led by the Dutch.
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The Dutch East India Company owned the responsibilities of spice trade for the Dutch.
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IN 1638, Japan banned all Europeans from trading with them and nobody came in or out. This lasted for over 125 years.
