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Discovery of the Americas
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Discovery_of_the_Americas
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:affectedArea
gptkb:Caribbean
gptkb:Central_America
gptkb:North_America
gptkb:South_America
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
European discovery of the Americas
gptkbp:commemoratedBy
gptkb:Día_de_la_Raza
gptkb:Columbus_Day
gptkb:Indigenous_Peoples'_Day
gptkbp:controversy
debate over 'discovery' terminology
impact on indigenous populations
gptkbp:date
1492
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Discovery of the Americas
gptkbp:influencedBy
search for new trade routes
advances in navigation technology
gptkbp:launched
gptkb:Spanish_Crown
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Americas
gptkbp:mainExplorer
gptkb:Christopher_Columbus
gptkb:Leif_Erikson
gptkb:John_Cabot
gptkbp:notableEvent
October 12, 1492
gptkbp:precededBy
gptkb:Viking_exploration_of_North_America
gptkbp:relatedEvent
gptkb:Age_of_Discovery
gptkb:First_voyage_of_Christopher_Columbus
gptkb:Treaty_of_Tordesillas
gptkbp:resultedIn
gptkb:Columbian_Exchange
European colonization of the Americas
transatlantic slave trade
spread of diseases to indigenous peoples
gptkbp:significance
major demographic and cultural changes
beginning of sustained contact between Europe and the Americas
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Crown_of_Castile
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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