Age of Discovery
Overview

Age of Discovery

Section Title: Overview
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Major discovery/ Destination	Main explorer	Year	Funding by

Congo River	Diogo Cão	1482	John II of Portugal

Cape of Good Hope Indian Ocean	Dias	1488	John II of Portugal

West Indies	Columbus	1492	Ferdinand and Isabella

India	Vasco da Gama	1498	Manuel I

Brazil	Cabral	1500	Manuel I

Spice Islands Australasia (Western Pacific Ocean)	Albuquerque, Abreu and Serrão	1512	Manuel I

Pacific Ocean	Vasco Balboa	1513	Ferdinand II of Aragon

Strait of Magellan	Magellan	1520	Charles I of Spain

Circumnavigation	Magellan and Elcano	1522	Charles I of Spain

Australia	Willem Janszoon	1606	United East India Company

New Zealand	Abel Tasman	1642	United East India Company

Antarctica	James Cook	1773	George III

Hawaii	James Cook	1778	George III

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