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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