HISTORY
NEW GLOBAL CONNECTIONS
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Africa
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Asia
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Americas
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Australia
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Detailed explanation-1: -1519–?: Leaving Spain with five ships and 270 men in 1519, the Portuguese Ferdinand Magellan is the first to reach Asia from the East.
Detailed explanation-2: -Portugal was the first country that sent explorers to search for the sea route to Asia. After Bartholomew Dias and his crew made it to Africa’s Cape of Good Hope, Vasco da Gama and his crew became the first to sail around Africa and through the Indian Ocean to India in 1497.
Detailed explanation-3: -Christopher Columbus Soon the Spanish wanted to find a trade route to the Far East. Explorer Christopher Columbus thought that he could sail west, across the Atlantic Ocean, to China.
Detailed explanation-4: -Portugal was the first European country that sent explorers to search for the sea route to Asia.
Detailed explanation-5: -Along with the idea of looking for new trade routes, they also hoped to find new sources of gold, silver, and other valuables. Additionally, Europeans saw exploration as a way to bring Christianity to other cultures that lived in other lands.