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Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
Age of Exploration
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Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Jan 1, 1550
Slave Trade Started to Spread to the Americas
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Period: Jan 1, 1492 to Dec 31, 1504
Christopher Columbus Made Four Voyages to the "Indies"
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Aug 1, 1492
Christopher Columbus left Spain
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Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus landed on "San Salvador"
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Period: Jan 1, 1497 to Feb 4, 1504
Amerigo Vespucci Traveled Across the Atlantic Ocean Several Times
He did not think the land was part of Asia and called it a New World. -
Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
Food Prices Increased in Spain because they were so Focused on Making Wool
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Jan 1, 1513
Vasco Nunez de Bolboa of Spain crossed over the Isthmus of Panama
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Jan 1, 1519
Hernan Cortes invaded Mexico and seized the Aztec Ruler Moctezuma II
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Jan 1, 1530
Francisco Pizarro led men on an expedition from the Isthmus of Panama to the Inca Empire
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Jan 1, 1533
1533 Pizarro claimed the Inca Empire (Ecuador to Chile) for Spain
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Jan 1, 1580
Spain annexed Portugal
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Dutch East India Company was Founded and controlled trade between Netherlands and East Indies
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First Dutch overseas colony was founded on the island of Java
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Dutch purchased Manhattan Island and built New Amsterdam
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Portugal regains independence
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Period: to
Height of Slave trade to the Americas
