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Nov 7, 1346
Black death spread
In Europe their was a huge outbreak of the black death, carried by ratfleas. it killed over 25 million people, one third of all of Europes population. But many Europeans eventually became immune to the disease and it became less and less effective. -
Period: Nov 7, 1346 to
exploration
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Nov 7, 1400
Improvment on ships
major improvments upon sailing ships allowed for much longer distance travel. and it allowed for exploration of different continents and the discovery of them. -
Nov 15, 1418
Schoolof navigation created
Prince Henry the navigator organizes a school of navigation. to base on explorations on capt st vincent inportugal. -
Nov 15, 1431
first chinese ships reach africa
Zheng as captan of the first ship to reach africa. Left from hong kong and was the first of the chinese ships to reach africa, they docked at the cape of good hope. -
Nov 15, 1442
First auction of blacks for slavery
First auction where prisoners from africa were put on the market for free labor. this began in portugal than began to happen everwhere. -
Nov 15, 1492
Columbus finds new world
Columbus discovers the west indies "the new world" he also noticed on this voyage that the compass slowly changes direction based on longitude. -
Nov 15, 1502
columbus's last voyage
The last of columbus's 4 voyages to the new world. -
Nov 15, 1506
death of columbus
Christopher columbus died from gout in 1506 -
Nov 15, 1512
portuguese explorers reach spice islands
portuguese explorers reach the spice islands on their voyage to the east indies. -
Nov 15, 1514
smallpox spread
Small Pox spread to the new world by the europeans, the unknow desease to natives wiped out 80% of the base population. -
Nov 15, 1521
fall of the aztecs
fall of the aztec empire to the spanish forces. and they built the new capital right over the ruins of tenochitlan. -
Nov 16, 1535
spanish conquerors find lima
lima on the peruvian coastal line was found by spanish conquorers in 1535 -
Nov 16, 1565
spanish find saint augustine
Saint Augustine found in florida is located by spanish conquorers in 1565 -
Discovery of australia
Dutch navigator willem janszoon blown off course discovered australia. in 1606 -
ending paragraph
I chose the first few to show how the later discoverys were posable. for example the improvment on ships and schools for navigation were much help. and than i did the major dicoverys that i found important like the discovery of the new world and the discovery of australia. and i did the major explorers lke christopher columbus and other important events like the fall of the aztecs do to the spanish, who had to sail for months to reach them.
