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Age of Exploration Timeline
Here are some of the most important events to know when teaching the Age of Exploration:
Early 1400s – Portuguese explorers begin sailing to new parts of the world, including sailing around the Atlantic coast of Africa in search of new trade routes to Asia.
1492 – Explorer Christopher Columbus is sent by Spain to find a sea route to Asia, but instead discovers the Bahamas, Cuba, and Hispaniola. This is the first of his four trips across the Atlantic ocean.
1494 – Portugal and Spain sign the Treaty of Tordesillas, which divided up the unexplored parts of the world between Spain and Portugal.
1497 – England sends explorer John Cabot who discovers Newfoundland. He is the first European to explore the coast of mainland North America in 500 years.
1497–98 – Vasco da Gama sails to India and back.
1507 – A German mapmaker names the “New World” America.
1519 – Hernan Cortés lands in Mexico formally claims the land for the Spanish crown.
1522 – Ferdinand Magellan’s ship The Vittoria completes the first circumnavigation of the globe.
1525 – First slave ship sails from Africa to the Americas (Atlantic Slave Trade begins)
1526-1528 – Francisco Pizarro and his pilot Bartolomé Ruiz explore the west coast of South America and become the first Europeans to see the coasts of Ecuador and Peru.
1534 – Jacques Cartier discovers Anticosti Island and Prince Edward Island.
1600 – English merchants found the East India Company.
1602 – Dutch merchants found the Dutch East India Company.
1619 – First Enslaved Africans arrive in Jamestown
Source-https://www.thecleverteacher.com/teaching-the-age-of-exploration/