FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
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Europe
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New Jersey
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Asia
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New York
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Detailed explanation-1: -Contents. In 1488, Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias (c. 1450-1500) became the first European mariner to round the southern tip of Africa, opening the way for a sea route from Europe to Asia.
Detailed explanation-2: -Europeans wanted the power and resulting wealth that would come from controlling trade. Finding all-water routes to Asia and its riches would allow European merchants to cut out Middle Eastern middlemen and reap all the profits of eastern trade.
Detailed explanation-3: -What did Columbus aim to do? In the 15th and 16th centuries, Europeans wanted to find sea routes to the Far East. Columbus wanted to find a new route to India, China, Japan and the Spice Islands. If he could reach these lands, he would be able to bring back rich cargoes of silks and spices.
Detailed explanation-4: -Henry the Navigator, prince of Portugal, initiated the first great enterprise of the Age of Discovery-the search for a sea route east by south to Cathay.