Age of Exploration1419 2-20
Madeira is discovered
1421-1460 2-20
Prince Henry sets up anavigation school in
Portugal
1427 2-20
Azores are discovered
1488 2-20
Bartholemew Dias sailsaround Cape of Good
Hope, Africa
1492 2-20
Columbus discovers NewWorld
1494 2-20
Treaty of Tordesillasdivides the world in half
1497 2-20
John Cabot reachesNewfoundland
1498 2-20
Vasco De Gama sailsaround Africa to India
1499 2-20
Amerigo Vespucci findsSouth America
1500 2-20
Pedro Cabral discoversBrazil and claims it for
Portugal
1511 3-1
Alfonso Albuquerqueconquers Malacca for
Portugal
1513 3-1
Portuguese reach China,the first European ships to
do so
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1519-1522 3-1
Magellan'sCircumnavigation of the
World
1524 3-1
Varrazzano sails forFrance and explores the
North American coastline
1535 3-1
Jacques Cartier sails upthe St. Lawrence river,claiming it for France
1543 3-1
Portuguese discover Japan
1576 3-1
Frobisher reachesnorthern Canada
1577-1580 3-1
Drake sails around theworld
1580 3-1
Russians begin conquestof Siberia
1595 3-1
Dutch trading vessels signa trade treaty with
Indonesia
1596 3-1
Barents sails north lookingfor a passage east over
Scandinavia
1607-1611 3-1
Henry Hudson searchesfor the northwest passage
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