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315632770Bartolomeu Diassailed around cape of goo hope at southern tip of africa. found route to indian ocean... but nver made it all the way to india. trade can go from Europe to asia by sea.0
315632771Vasco da Gamalandin in India in 1498. important trade route from europe to inda and east indies. instigated annual voyages from portugal to indian ocean. one voyage was blown off course and ended up claiming brazil.1
315632772Ferdinand Magellanhis crew made first round-the-world voyage. proved for certain that the world was round. Magellan was killed in the Phillippines, did not make it home2
315632773christopher columbusbelieved a shorter route to asia could be found by sailing westward instead of around Africa. found the americas instead.3
315635539Jacques Cartierst. lawrence river4
315640934portugalvasco da gama5
315640935spainchristopher columbus, hernando cortez, francisco pizarro, ferdinand magellan6
315640936englandfrancis drake7
315640937francejacques cartier8
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