[HIST 1100] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 25 pages long Study Guide!
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Small italian city-states had controlled the overland route to the east. Prince henry the navigator of portugal sponsored innovations and helped portugal revolutionize. By 1440s portugal was trading for gold, ivory, and slaves in africa. Bartolomeu dias sailed around the cape of good hope in 1488. 1499 vasco da gama returned from india with spices and silks proved that it was possible to take a water route to asia (water travel was cheaper) Christopher columbus was convinced that he could get to the east by sailing west. Genoese sailor who was active in the spanish royal court. Believed the world was round, along with all educated people. Underestimated the distance between europe and the indies. 1492 convinced queen isabella and king ferdinand of spain to sponsor his journey across the atlantic ocean. He believed the world was smaller than experts said he was wrong. Died believing he had found a western route to the indies.
