... So Emmanuel I gave the voyage to Vasco and he took it. He had made quite a name for himself already by defending the Portuguese colonies at the coast of Guinea against the French. Vasco would become very well known for discovering a passage that would lead them from Africa to India. They made him the commander of ... this voyage and gave him about 100 to 150 men and four ships. They set out on this adventure on July 8, 1497. Vasco ... ran into some bad weather and it took a little longer than they thought it would take. He and his companions made it to Calicut, India on May 20th and the...

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... failure in finding the direct route to the spice market. By all means necessary in this case means wiping out a whole tribe of Indians just to establish the dominance. Cartier (1491-15570): French mariner who is most famous for his voyages to present day Canada. His major backer was King Francis I of France. His mission was to find a northwest passage to China and create a direct route ... to the gold and spices, and open traffic for gold inhabitants. Personal motives ... would not hold and they ended up not being very effective. Vasco Da Gama (1469-1524): Portuguese explorer, Da Gama ...

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... Mediterranean nations were at war at the time, the ship Columbus was on was attacked and went down. Luckily, Columbus was able to swim to shore and make his way to Lisbon where he settled. At this time Portugal was the world's greatest seafaring nation. Many Genoese had become rich and had prospered ... committee decided that his plan was too unsound and he was refused. Meanwhile, his wife had died. Columbus took his son Diego and went back to Spain to seek supporters. He left his son in the care of Friars in the monastery of La Rabida. In Spain, Columbus made a number of influential .....

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... the Court of Portugal and learned astronomy and nautical sciences under the care of good teachers. In 1505, he took in part in the expedition of Franciso d" Almeida, in purpose to establish a Portugese authority in India. In 1511 he performed important services in the Portuguese conquest of Malacca. He returned home in 1512 and took part in the Portugese expedition ... that his plans would not be recognized by the Portuguese, so he offered his services to Spain. On August 10, 1519, Magellan set sail on the Atlantic Ocean with 5 ships and a Spanish crew of 277 men. Magellan's fleet moved...

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