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Trade between Europe and Africa - Revealing Histories
Before the horrific trade in human goods' began between Europe and west Africa, Europeans, particularly the Dutch and the Portuguese, had already begun trading items such as cloth and metal ware with west African countries as early as the fifteenth century. In return they received spices such as pepper as well as raw materials including ivory and gold.
http://revealinghistories.org.uk/africa-the-arrival-of-europeans-and-the-transatlantic-slave-trade/articles/trade-between-europe-and-africa.html
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Spice Trade - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
The spice trade refers to the trade between historical civilizations in Asia, Northeast Africa and Europe. Spices such as cinnamon, cassia, cardamom, ginger, pepper, and turmeric were known, and used for commerce, in the Eastern World well into antiquity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spice_trade
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Trade Routes between Europe and Asia during Antiquity - Met Museum
Long-distance trade played a major role in the cultural, religious, and artistic exchanges that took place between the major centers of civilization in Europe and Asia during antiquity.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/trade/hd_trade.htm
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8 Tools We Used to Navigate the World Around Us Before GPS and Smartphones - Citylab
The story of navigation is also one of gradual knowledge and readjustment, of looking to the constant objects of the physical world - the sun, the moon, the stars - and using them to understand, ever more precisely, how to find our way in the world.
http://www.citylab.com/tech/2013/04/7-examples-how-we-used-navigate-world-around-us/5286/
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A History of the Age of Exploration - About
An overview of the history of the Age of Exploration and its impact on the geography of the world, from the About Geography site.
http://geography.about.com/od/historyofgeography/a/ageexploration.htm
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Age of Discovery Archives - Ages of Exploration
Information about famous explorers from the Age of Exploration.
http://exploration.marinersmuseum.org/type/age-of-discovery/
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Major European Explorers
A list of major European explorers with information about their lives and the areas they explored.
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/exploration/resources/major-european-explorers
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Exploration of North America - History
Find out more about the history of Exploration of North America, including videos, interesting articles, pictures, historical features and more. Get all the facts on History.
http://www.history.com/topics/exploration/exploration-of-north-america
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Timeline of European Exploration - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
The 15th century witnessed the rounding of the feared Cape Bojador and Portuguese exploration of the west coast of Africa, while in the last decade of the century the Spanish sent expeditions to the New World.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_European_exploration
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BBC - History - British History in depth: Africa and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
From the middle of the 15th century, Africa entered into a unique relationship with Europe that led to the devastation and depopulation of Africa, but contributed to the wealth and development of Europe. From then until the end of the 19th century, Europeans began to establish a trade for African captives.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/abolition/africa_article_01.shtml
