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Aug 26, 1100
Pope Urban II calls for Holy War
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Aug 26, 1100
Lief Erickson
actually discovers the new world -
Aug 26, 1299
Marco Polo
discovers land route to India -
Aug 26, 1300
Middle Ages
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Aug 26, 1400
Europeans need goods from India and Asia for Black death
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Aug 26, 1488
Bartholomew Dias
sails down west coast of Africa: rounds cape of Good Hope -
Jan 1, 1492
Columbus sails: colonial age of discovery begins
begins when columbus sails the ocean in 1492. Claims land for Spain, even though he's genoa (italian) -
Period: Jan 1, 1492 to Aug 26, 1550
Columbian Exchange
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Aug 26, 1497
Vasco de Gama
sails to india for king of portugal -
Aug 26, 1513
Vasco Balboa
discovers Pacific Ocean while exploring central America -
Aug 26, 1513
Ponce de Leon
Conquistador. discovers florida, searches for fountain of youth. -
Aug 26, 1519
Hernan Cortes
conquestadors. conquers Aztecs in Mexico -
Aug 26, 1522
Ferdinand Magellan
portuguese, sailing for Spain. discovers all water route around the planet -
Aug 26, 1524
Giovanni Da Verrazona
Italian sails for france. finds St. Johns Bay. -
Aug 26, 1531
Francisco Pizarro
conquestador. lands in Panama. conquers the Incas of Peru -
Aug 26, 1534
Jacques Cartier
voyages the St. Lawrence River -
Aug 26, 1539
Hernando de Soto
lands in Alabama, looks for city of gold -
Aug 26, 1540
Francisco de Coronado
explors Southwest US. Discovers Grand Canyon -
Aug 26, 1550
Conqueistadors are over
ends columbian exchange and the conquistadors -
Aug 26, 1550
African Slaves
As Injdians die, African Slaves are brought over -
Spain controls most of the new world
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Samuel de Champlain
explors up and down St. LAwrence River -
Henrey Hudson
italian sailing for Netherland. sailed along North Coast of America. Discovers New York -
Settlements were established along the hudson river
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Louis Joliet & Jacques Marquette
traval down great lakes, down illinois river. Discover Missouri -
New France is firmly developed
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colonial period ends
france signs the treaty of paris, ending french and indian war