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by Pope Alexander VI. The finalization in 1506 of the Treaty of Tordesillas establishes a vertical North-South line granting territories to the west to Spain and to the east to Portugal. The line was at 46 degrees 30’ W‚ 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde Islands off the west coast of Africa. Some confusion over whether the line continues to the other side of the world‚ not to mention the impossibility of determining longitude at the time. The extent of the Pacific Ocean was not known at this time
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explored the rainforests for the first time; he loved seeing the flowers‚ grasses‚ and the vegetation. On February 1832 the beagle voyage crossed the equator and Darwin had been “shaved”‚ even though he hadn’t liked with it. On January 1832 at the Cape Verde Islands it dawned on Darwin that he should write a book on the geology of the various countries he shall visit. Darwin at age of 22 in 1831 joined Capt. Fitzroy on the Beagle Voyage as the ship’s naturalist. The journey was suppose to be 2 years
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King Manuel I had paid for Vespucci’s third voyage. He had not taken command‚ but later on he was requested to be the commander from the Portuguese officer. After words he sailed through the coast of south America from Cape Sao Roque to get to Patagonia on this expedition. He also discovered Guanabara Bay (Rio de Janeiro) and Rio de la Plata. Rio de la Plata was later called Rio Jordan. His expedition led him back to Sierra Leone and the Azores. Then Vespucci‚ through
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Chapter 2: Population Key Issue 3: Why Is Population Increasing at Different Rates in Different Countries? Rubenstein‚ pp. 57-69 THE DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION 1. The demographic transition is a process with several stages and every country is in one of them. 2. Fill in the chart below with characteristics describing each stage in the demographic transition model (CBR‚ CDR‚ NIR‚ etc.). Characterize the amount of growth of each stage (high‚ low‚ stable‚ etc.) Demographic Transition
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trading posts there. Hoping to strengthen trade between Portugal and India‚ Cabral and his crew set sail from the port of Libson on March 9th‚ 1500. Cabral and his ships sailed south from Portugal‚ past the Canary Islands and Cape Verde. Although he had meant to sail around the Cape of Good Hope‚ winds pushed his ships to the west. He used this to his benefit and began sailing in a southwesterly direction‚ but went farther than he intended and soon spotted land. On April 22nd‚ 1500‚ he landed near what
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expedition a few years prior. Pedro saw his chance and convinced the King to appoint him chief captain of the 13 ships and 1‚000 men also taking the trip. On March 9‚ 1500‚ Pedro left for the New World. On March 22‚ he passed the Canary Islands and the Cape Verde Islands as he continued southwest. Finally‚ on April 22‚ land was spotted and Pedro and his crew became the first Europeans to see Mount Pascal in Brazil. Pedro claimed the land for Portugal and named it Terra de Vera Cruz (Land of the True or Holy
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months were they occur vary from place to place.The 3 most common hurricane locations are the atlantic and gulf coasts which hurricane season lasts between june 1st to november 31st.The next area is the islands off of Africa’s west coast for example cape verde‚ the hurricane season here lasts from between july to early september.The last most common area for hurricanes is the western caribbean and the gulf of mexico the hurricane season here lasts from after mid september. The conditions necessary
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cheaper spices was to carry them by ships. Portugal under Henry the navigator was the first country to find a water trade route to Asia. In 1488 Portuguese ships‚ led by Bartholomew Dias‚ sailed south down the coastline of Africa‚ then east around the Cape of Good Hope‚ and finally north into the Indian Ocean‚ proving that the Indian Ocean was accessible by sea. They claimed Mauritius in 1505‚ Sumatra in 1509‚ and Malacca and the Spice Islands in 1511. They protected these trade routes with a chain of
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Great geographical discoveries - a popular term geographical discoveries made at the turn of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries‚ in particular: circumnavigation Cape of Good Hope by Diaz (1488)‚ the discovery of America by Columbus (1492)‚ and then the conquest‚ trip [[Vasco da Gama | to India (1498) and the first trip around the world‚ Magellan (1519-1522). These events triggered a further voyages of discovery and contributed to a significant widening of the geographical horizon of Europeans
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