4.2: Exploration: Causes and Events from 1450 to 1750

Who knows why Columbus sailed the ocean blue in the grand old year of 1492? Actually, the answer is right here in the lesson below, and it starts with little old Prince Henry. Some would even call him the Navigator.

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    Videos:

    Heimler's History | Causes of European Exploration

    Crash Course World History | The Age of Exploration

    Jim Rhoades | Chapter 4.2

    World of Ikerd | 4.1-4.3: Technology, Exploration and the Columbian Exchange

    Dobbiecast History | 4.1 & 4.2: Technological Innovations and Events of Exploration

    Anti-Social Studies | 4.2 Deep Dive: Prince Henry the Navigator