The Age of Exploration

From the Vikings to Henry Hudson — the explorers who crossed the oceans, the empires they encountered, and the new world their voyages created. 1005–1609.

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The Age of Exploration

The Explorers

Viking Land in North America-1004

The Age of Exploration

Christopher Columbus

The columbian Exchange

The Caribbean After Columbus

Treaty of Tordesillas

The Conquistadores

Vasco da Gama- A Biography

Cabot Sails to North America

Ponce de Leon explors Florida

Balboa Discovers

Aztec Empire

Cortez Conquers the Aztec

Magellan

New York Harbor Discovered

Pizarro Conquers the Incas

Coronado Explores the Southwest

Cartier Explores Canada

Drake Circles the Globe -1579

The Exploration of Samuel de Champlain

The Voyages of Henry Hudson

Empires, Voyages & Maps

The Conquest of the Americas

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