European Age of Discovery

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Time period

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15th to 17th century

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Key motivation

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Trade routes to Asia

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Christopher Columbus

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1492, discovered Americas

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Vasco da Gama

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1498, sea route to India

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Ferdinand Magellan

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First circumnavigation

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John Cabot

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Explored North America

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Bartolomeu Dias

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Rounded Cape of Good Hope

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Amerigo Vespucci

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America named after him

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Impact on Europe

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Wealth and colonization

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Impact on indigenous

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Disease and conquest