Chapter 2 Section 1 - The Age of Exploration

During the 1400s and 1500s, a number of daring explorers started the exploration to find a sea route to Asia. Portugal, lacking a port on the Mediterranean, took the lead in finding a sea route to India by sailing south and east around the tip of Africa. Sponsored by Queen Isabella of Spain, Christopher Columbus sailed west and reached the Americas, although he thought he had arrived in India. Both Spain and Portugal wanted to protect their claims, and so agreed to divide control of the world using an imaginary line running through the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

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