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1415
Prince Henry the Navigator created a school for explorers
Prince Henry created a school for exploration to help explorers travel the world. Prince Henry wanted to help Portugal become the leader in exploration. -
1488
Bartolomeu Dias rounded the Cape of Good Hope
Bartolomeu showed other explorers that it was possible to travel to Asia around Africa by sea. This new route created multiple trading opportunities. -
1492
Vasco De Gama traveled to India.
Vasco traveled to India and found a successful civilization. Vasco didn't come in peace and started to fight the Indian civilization -
1492
Christopher Columbus traveled to the Americas
Columbus reached the Americas and sparked the first connection Europe and the Americas. This was the start of the colonization of Europeans in the Americas. -
1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
This treaty divided the new land between Spain and Portugal. This showed how Europeans wanted to control the new land. -
1519
Hernan Cortes conquers the Aztec Empire
Cortes conquering the Aztec Empire sparked the beginning of the Spanish dominance. -
1522
Ferdinand Magellan's ships circumnavigate the globe
Magellan's trip around the globe proved the earth size and created more global exploration. -
1532
Francisco Pizarro conquers Inca Empire
Pizarro led the Spanish on a conquest that conquered the Inca Empire. -
1545
Silver in Potosi
The Spanish uncovered a large amount of silver in Potosi. They made indigenous people do dangerous work to uncover silver in mines. -
Jamestown Settlement
Jamestown was the first English colony in North America.