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Question | Answer |
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â¢portugal â¢1487-1488 â¢southern tip of Africa which opened a sea route to Asia | Batholomeu Dias |
â¢portugal â¢1497-1499 â¢went farther past Diasâ route and created a trading empire in the Indian Ocean â¢spices from India | Vasco de Gama |
â¢Spain â¢1492-1493 â¢West Indies (Caribbean) â¢New Continents (Americas) | Christopher Columbus |
â¢Italy â¢Americas | Amerigo Vespucci |
â¢Spain â¢1510-1513 â¢route from Atlantic to Pacific through Panama | Vasco Nunez de Balboa |
â¢Spain â¢1519-1522 â¢south america, southern tip and coast â¢went uncharted through Pacific until the Philippines â¢sailed around the world (circumnavigate) | Ferdinand Magellan |
â¢sponsored exploration for Portugal â¢find easier way to reach Asia | Prince Henry the Navigator |
â¢sponsored Columbus in hopes his voyage would bring wealth & power | Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand |
â¢set Line of Demarcation, dividing non-European world into two parts | Pope Alexander VI |