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Nov 1, 1400
the age of exploration
By the mid 1400s ,Europe began to reachout beyond its boundries in a great age of discovery and exploration. -
Nov 1, 1488
The age of exploration
In1488, Bartholomeu Dias reached the cape of good hope at the southeren tip of Africia. 10 years later ,Vasco da Gama sailed around it to India. -
Nov 1, 1492
The age of exploration
In 1492,they sent a Italian navigator Christopher Clombus ,with three small ships the Nina , the Pinta , and the Santa Maria westward across the Alantic. -
the age of exploration
In the 1770s, the american colonies, beginning with the thirteen british coloniesin North America, revolted aganist British control. -
The age of exploration
In their place , traders eventually transported more than 20 million Africans to the Americas as enslaved persons, untill the slave trade was outlawed in the early 1800s.