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John was born in Lisbon, Portugal. He was born on March 3, 1455. His father's name was Alfonso.
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John ll ruled as king of Portugal from 1481 until his death. His death was on October 25, 1495
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In the year 1483 John received Christopher Columbus’s proposed plan. His plan was to travel westward to find India. John placed columbus’s proposal before John’s council. The council rejected his proposal.
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In the year 1487 John had ordered someone to sail to a southern tip. John ordered Bartolomeu Dias. He ordered Bartolomeu to sail the southern tip of Africa.
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In the year 1488 Dias led the first European voyage around the Cape of good Hope. It was named Good Hope for hope that its discovery would lead to a sea route to India.
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In the year 1492 Spanish Christians began to drive out the Muslims, finally defeating them. This same year Christopher Columbus reached America. Christopher Columbus is an Italian navigator in the service of spain.
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1494 John had signed the Treaty of Tordesillas with Spain. The treaty had helped set the line of Demarcation. That was an imaginary line to divide the claims of Portugal and spain to new lands discovered by their explorers. This supported Portugal's claim to territory that is now eastern Brazil.
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In the year 1499 King Manuel appointed him commander of a fleet with instructions to further the work of portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama. Cabral probably had never sailed a ship before. But the king did trust him.
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On March 9 1500 Cabral and his fleet of 13 ships sailed from Belem, near Lisbon. He had headed for India and had planned to follow the route outlined by Da Gama. The fleet sailed southwest and passed the Canary and Cape Verde island.
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In 1529 the spain recognized this claim in the Treaty of Saragossa. That has set the line 17 degrees east of the Moluccas. Which is also called Spice Island.
