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Jan 1, 1346
Black Death
at this time the black death began to spread into europe from rat fleas that spread at a very rapid pace and ended up destroying a huge amount of europes population. its killed over 25 million people in this time -
Jan 1, 1347
First Guns
This is the time that europeans began to discover and create guns that would dominate the rest of the world with its technological advantages -
Nov 11, 1400
Ships improve
a grewat improvement in ships was made at this time which greatly improved the ability of travel throughout europe -
Nov 14, 1465
Navigation by stars is greatly improved
around this time the Astralabe was created which allowed navigation by stars. this allowed explorers to navigate their way to and from different areas on expeditions with ease and have less of a chance of getting lost. -
Nov 11, 1492
Columbus discovers west Indies
At this time Columbus discovered the west indies in their so called "new world" -
Nov 11, 1498
Columbus discovers american continent
Columbus sailed into the american continent but he believed that it was part of asia and not america -
Nov 14, 1498
Vasco De Gama reaches india by rounding tip of africa
this was important because this eplorer had shown and demonstrated that this could be done and this would also soark the begginning of major ship building in that area. -
Nov 11, 1500
inca empire extents
the inca empire expanded alopnt almost all of the west coast of south america -
Period: Nov 14, 1502 to Nov 14, 1504
Last of Columbus's 4 voyages
at this time the end of columbus's last voyage occured ending the eploration and discoveries of him. this greatly helped and expanded what people could do with boats and he demonstrated this. -
Nov 11, 1506
Columbus dies
at this time the exploreer christopher columbus died -
Nov 11, 1522
Magellan's shups return to spain
after sailing around cape horn and also around the world, Magellan and his men with 5 ships return to spain to complete the first round world journey. -
Nov 14, 1535
spanish conquerers found city of lime, peru
the spanidh conquerers founded this place on an expedition in south america. the was also a demonstration of ship power for europe and expanded the use of boats. -
Nov 11, 1539
De Soto explores southeastern america
the explorer Hernando De Soto explored southeastern united states and covered a large part of the area with discoveries -
Period: Nov 11, 1577 to Nov 11, 1580
Francis Drake circumnavigates globe
Sir Francis Drake at this time becomes the first Englishman to completely Circumnavigate the globe. -
why i chose these
I chose these dates and events due to the fact that they all show a great feeat of strength and based on that there were many more things that would add on to those feats. this would begin generating more m\and more expeditionds all trying to top another explorer in some way shape or form and this led to great advancements in technology and also in knowledge.
