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Emily Archer = The Age of Exploration  =

The Age of Exploration is very important to the history of the world and our understanding of why we're here. The major countries involved were England, Spain and Portugal. Although most of the lands that they discovered were already inhabited, they introduced new cultures, and together, both native and European people made new inventions and discoveries because of the Age of Exploration.



Pages to go to
- To learn about Christopher Columbus and exploration of the North and South America: Discovery of the Americas - To learn about the spice trade and India: The Search for India - To learn about North America in more detail and what happened after Columbus: Re-Discovery of North America - To learn about the slave trade and the Portugese in Africa: African Exploration - To learn about the Northwest Passage: The Arctic Reigon - To learn about how the continent Australia was discovered: Australasia and the Pacific