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He sponsored a great deal of exploration along the west coast of Africa. He is regarded as an originator of the Age of Discovery and the Atlantic slave trade.
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Leif Ericsson was the son of Erick the red, founder of the first European settlement on what is now called Greenland. After spending the winter in Finland he sailed back to Greenland and never returned to North american shore. He was believed to be the first European to reach the north american continent before Christopher Columbus.
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Colombus was finding for a new and quicker route to to the lucrative Chinese trade markets and failed.
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on his 3rd successful voyage he discovered present-day Rio de Janiero and Rio de la plata. He called south america the new world believing he had discovered a new continent.
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He sailed with another guy to conquer Cuba and was elected twice as mayor of santiago. He won over the local indians arriving with 500 men 16 horses and canon.
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He is a Spanish conquistador that conquered the Inca Empire by leading an expedition. He also killed the incan emperor.
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The new world was separated from Eurasia from the old world. Because of this, they would trade one another for different things.
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A Chinese map was found. Many say that Christopher Columbus was not the first one to navigate the New world.
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He was commissioned to find a maritime route to the East by the Portuguese king. He made 2 other voyages to India and was appointed as Portuguese viceroy in india
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He is a Portuguese explorer that led the first voyage of discovery to explore the globe.
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Many Africans were forcively being transported across the Atlantic ocean in a ship.
