Age of Exploration -Some areas of the world were not fully mapped or discovered until well after the Age of Exploration including Eastern Australia, the interior of Africa, the Arctic, and the Antarctic. -Many explorers such as Captain James Cook and Sir Francis Drake searched for a Northwest Passage to East Asia, but it wasn't until 1906 that explorer Roald Amundsen completed the journey. -The Portuguese and Spanish led the exploration and colonialization of the Americas. (oct 7, 1492 – jan 1, 1700)
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oct 7, 1492
jan 1, 1700
~ 207 years