1. Chapter 1 Section 3 Early European Explorers P. 3/ P. 39
Sequencing Events As you read about the age of exploration, take notes to
answer questions about events listed in the time line.
1480
Why didn’t the Portuguese king agree to do so?
His advisers said Columbus had miscalculated distance to Asia
1483
Columbus asks the king of Portugal to pay for his voyage.
2. Why did the Spanish rulers like Columbus’s plan?
1486
Columbus goes to Spain to ask for financial help.
Who convinced Dias to turn back?
1488
Bartolomeu Diaz rounds the southern tip of Africa and turns back.

2. Chapter 1 Section 3 Early European Explorers P. 3/ P. 39
Sequencing Events As you read about the age of exploration, take notes to
answer questions about events listed in the time line.
1480
Why didn’t the Portuguese king agree to do so?
His advisers said Columbus had miscalculated distance to Asia
1483
Columbus asks the king of Portugal to pay for his voyage.
2. Why did the Spanish rulers like Columbus’s plan?
They wanted a share of Asian trade
Isabella wanted to spread Christianity
1486
Columbus goes to Spain to ask for financial help.
Who convinced Dias to turn back?
His crew
1488
Bartolomeu Diaz rounds the southern tip of Africa and turns back.

3. Wrote to Spanish rulers Went to court to report about voyage
4. What people did Columbus encounter on the first island, and what did he name them?
Tanio/ Indians
1492
Columbus sails west and lands on a Caribbean island.
5. What did Columbus do after he returned to Spain?
Wrote to Spanish rulers
Went to court to report about voyage
1493
Columbus returns to Spain. .
How did Portugal benefit from his voyage?
Took control of valuable spice trade
1498
Vasco da Gama sails around Africa and then east to India.
7. What did Columbus die believing?
He had reached Asia
Columbus dies.
B. Analyzing Causes Explain the mistakes that Columbus made in his plans for his journey to Asia.
Underestimated the size of the Earth and the distance to Asia