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Unit 2: Worlds Meet
Chapter 3: The Age of Exploration
Lesson 3: The Search for New Trade Routes
 
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Prince Henry Aids Navigation

In the early 1400s, explorers from and Portugal traveled the world. One explorer, , was determined to find a sea route to Asia. Having already improved the and the astrolabe, he invited shipbuilders, scientists, mapmakers, and ship captains to collaborate on the creation of a new cargo-carrying ship, a .

Portuguese Explorers

In 1441, caravels returned with . By 1460, when Prince Henry died, his ships still hadn't reached Africa, but other Portuguese explorers had. In 1488, was the first to sail around the southern tip of Africa, now called the . sailed around the Cape and reached India in 1498.

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