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Leif Ericsson discovering America. The first viking to explore it.
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Henry sent many sailing ships down Africa's west coast, but did not go on them himself. He also started the Atlantic slave trade.
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Made seven voyages to Southeast Asia, India, and Africa to explore and trade. He made his first trip sailing to Vietnam and India with a fleet of Chinese boats known as junks. He also claimed that the map made in 1418 is correct.
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Columbus led his 3 ships to Asia but ended up in America instead. He thought he landed in islands and that's why natives were called Indians.
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Crops were being exchanged between the new world and old world. The potato is the most famous crop.
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The first person to sail directly from Europe to India, around the Cape Of Good Hope.
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Discovered Rio De Janeiro, calling South America " The New World". Who also explored Brazil and the West Indies.
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Defeated the Aztec Empire and claimed Mexico for Spain, setting off to explore Mexico.
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Became the first European to cross the Pacific Ocean and discovered a Western Sea route.
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Discovered the Incan Empire and conquered it quickly and stealing their treasures.
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Enslaved Africans for sugar trade and taken through a slave ship, transported to Americas.
