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The Age Of Exploration

It was in early 15th
century Portugal that the
first great voyages of the
(Age Of Explorations)
began. In 1415, prince
Henry the Navigator- Was
Given command of the
port of Ceuta (northern
Morocco) and its ships. He
used these ships to explore the west coast to Africa and he paid for
numerous expeditions that eventually reached Sierra Leone on
Africas northwest coast. Later kings of Portugal financed
expeditions that rounded the Cape of Good Hope on the southern tip
of Africa, and this led to the setting up of trading routes to India,
China and the Indonesian and Philippine islands.

Route Map

Vasco Da Gama

Portuguese People

Compass

Vasco da Gama was famous European who made his historic journey
to India. He started his journey to India in 1497 and arrived to India
in 1498. Two years later a trading station established in India by the
Portuguese it was destroyed by local Muslims. Most early Portuguese
explorers made their voyages in small wooden sailing ships called
caravels. These sturdy ships were able to survive storms and had
large holds for carrying cargo. Azimuth compass are decorated
Portuguese marine compass made in 1780, but it included the
design of much earlier compasses.

These are the Sources that I got my information from:

http://geography.about.com/od/historyofgeography/a/ageexploration
.htm
http://www.history.com/interactives/age-of-exploration
http://www.history.com/interactives/age-of-exploration

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