Age of Exploration (Introduction)

The Silk Route was a series of ancient trade networks that connected China to Far East

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žBy the 15th Century explorers began to navigate the world.

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The silk route was controlled by the Automatic Turks

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Marco Polo was a Venetian merchant, writer and explorer

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Bartholomew Diaz was a Italian explorer that discovered the Cape of Good Hope

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Vasco de Gama reached India by sailing eastward past the Cape

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Christopher Columbus made the first connection between the Eastern and Western hemispheres.

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An Explorer is person who explores a new or unfamiliar area

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According to your notes, Trade is having a natural skill or ability

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An Astrolabe is a navigational instrument used to tell time

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