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A timeline of the Age of Exploration

Created by altosax6 on Dec 15, 2010

Last updated: 12/16/10 at 09:59 AM

• Dipity Timeline Created
  Dec 15, 2010 5:49 PM

• Magellan's Ship Completes Circumnavigation
  Jul 1, 1522

  The man known for circumnavigating the globe was Magellan. Not very many people survived this voyage. Only 18 men and one ship, the Vittoria, survived. Magellan died in the Philippines.
  http://www.thenagain.info/webchron/westeurope/magellan.html

• Cabral Discovers Brazil
  1500

  Pedro Alveraz Cabral was a Portuguese sailor. He was the first sailor to land in Brazil. He discovered Brazil on accident due to poor planning.
  http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0809735.html

• de Gama Reaches India
  Jul 1, 1498

  de Gama saild around the Cape of Good Hope. This is the southern part of Africa. After he did this he was the first to go to India from sailing around Africa.
  http://library.thinkquest.org/4034/dagama.html

• Cabot Discovers Newfoundland
  1497

  John Cabot discovered Newfoundland in 1497. This is now part of Canada. Cabot was an English sailor.
  http://www.heritage.nf.ca/exploration/cabot1497.html

• Columbus Discovers The West Indies
  Jul 1, 1492

  Chiristopher Columbus was a man who thought the world was round. He thought that by sailing west he would eventually hit India. He actually landed in the Carribean.
  http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/c/columbus.shtml

• Dias Rounds the Tip of Africa
  1488

  Dias was the first sailor to round the tip of Africa. He was a Portuguese sailor.
  http://www.answers.com/topic/bartolomeu-dias

• Dias Rounds the Tip of Africa
  1488

  Dias was the first sailor to round the tip of Africa. He was a Portuguese sailor.
  http://www.answers.com/topic/bartolomeu-dias

• Zheng He Starts Voyages
  Jul 1, 1405

  Zheng He was a Chinese sailor. He went around telling everyone how powerful China was and trading. When he died the emperor stoped ship making and had some of his ships destroyed.
  http://www.chinavoc.com/history/ming/zh.htm

• Vikings Discover Greenland
  985

  The Vikings were the first people to discover Greenland. They were on iceland and sailed west. They eventually landed in Greenland and named it that.
  http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/vikings.htm