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Period: Feb 10, 1400 to
Commercial Revolution
Improved ways of business this also played a big part in new exploration. -
Period: Feb 10, 1400 to
European monarchs supported exploration and colonization.
Gaining riches through conquest and discovery would make them more powerful than rival countries. Through this Atlantic nations. -
Period: Apr 1, 1400 to
Age of Exploration
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Feb 5, 1420
Henry were exploring westward into the Atlantic
Prince Henry gathered many of the best Europes geographers and navigators to plan expedition. -
Feb 5, 1488
Bartolomeu Dias sailed around the Cape of Good Hope
Although Dias had to turn back he had found the route to the Indian Ocean. -
Aug 1, 1492
Christopher columbus left for spain
After gaining the favor of the king he was able to get just enough to support the expedtion. -
Period: Feb 5, 1493 to Feb 5, 1504
Columbus made three voyages to the Indies
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Period: Feb 5, 1497 to Feb 5, 1504
Amerigo Vespucci crossed the Atlantic several times
he sailed the atlanitc several times as an italian navigator as a part of spainish portuguese. -
Feb 5, 1498
Vasco Da Gama sailed east ward across Indian Ocean
He landed in India he then made a second voyage to india he returned with valuable goods. -
Period: Feb 10, 1500 to
Other scientific discoveries.
Gottfried and isaac developed a new branch of mathmatics the two did not work together. and Antoni used the microscope intvted in the late 1500s to discover bacteria. -
Feb 10, 1543
Copernicus published his heliocentric theory
Though he published the heliocentric theory many people did not care because they could see the earth but could not feel the earth moving. -
Feb 10, 1543
Vesalius published a seven-volume book.
On the fabric of the human body. This showed drawings on the human body that were extremely detailed. -
Johannes Kepler confirmed Conpernicus's theory
he used models, observation, and mathematics to test Copernicue's heliocentric theory. Though believeing that some of his ideas were wrong. -
Galileo published his findings
this cauased an uproar many people still believed in the old geocentric theory and thus refused the new theory many church scholars thought that the telescope was an invention of the devil -
Robert Boyle pioneer chemisrty
He helped pioneer modern science of chemisrty he also showed that temperature and pressure affect the scape that a gas occupies. -
Issac Newton published a book buidling on Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo.
It was retelling pretty much that the planets revolve around the sun but they could not explain why or how. -
Jospeh priestly discovered the element oxygen
Antoine later named the element.
