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THE DISCOVERIES OF THE NEW WORLD

THE PAX MONGOLICA

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FIRST ADVENTURERS

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Willem van Rubroeck (1220 - 1293)

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Marco Polo (1254 - 1324)

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CHANGE IN MAPS AND NAVIGATION

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Oldest map in the world -
Babylonian 'Imago mundi' (6th CE BC)

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Map of Hecateus (500 BC)

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World Map of Pomponius (43 AC)

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World Map of Ptolemaeus (150 AD)

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Mappa Mundi Isidorius (623 AD)

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World Map of Al - Idrisi - 'Tabula Rogeriana' (1154 AD)

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Waldseemüller Map of the World (1507 AD)

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Map of the World by Gerard Mercator (1569 AD)

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Mappa Mundi by Heinrich Bunting (1545 - 1606 AD)

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GERARD MERCATOR

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NAVIGATING INSTRUMENTS

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EVOLUTION IN SHIPS

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SUGAR PLANTATIONS IN THE NEW WORLD

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GREAT DISCOVERIES

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Bartholomeo Diaz (1488)

Christopher Colombus (1492)

Vasco da Gama (1498)

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Amerigo Vespucci
(1499 - 1504)

Hernando Cortes
(1519 - 1521)

Ferdinand Maggelaen (1521)

THE GOLDEN AGE OF PIRACY

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PORT ROYAL

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NASSAU

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Henry Morgan
Buccaneer

Edward Teach - 'Blackbeard'
Buccaneer

Barbarossa - 'Redbeard'
Corsair

Francis Drake
Privateer

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Jean-David Nau - L' Olonnais
Buccaneer

Anne Bonny
Buccaneer

Madame Cheng I Sao
Buccaneer

Yusuf Raees - 'John Ward'
Corsair

THE TRIANGULAR TRADE

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MODERNE KOLONISATIE: BELGISCHE CONGO

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