It was faster and cost less. It made the population grow and it caused modernization. But it also had environmental hazards and it was sometimes dangerous.
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Date Explorer Event
1492 Christopher Columbus First voyage
1494 (Treaty of Tordesillas) Division of New World between Spain and Portugal
1497 John Cabot To Newfoundland ; English claim to North America
1497-98 Vasco da Gama Rounds Africa to India
Explorer Christopher Columbus
Explorer Christopher Columbus (1451–1506) is known for his 1492 'discovery' of the New World of the Americas on board his ship Santa Maria. In actual fact, Columbus did not discover North America.
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