European exploration of the Americas

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/European_exploration_of_the_Americas

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:beganIn	15th century
gptkbp:explores	gptkb:Caribbean gptkb:Central_America gptkb:Gulf_of_Mexico gptkb:Mississippi_River gptkb:North_America gptkb:South_America gptkb:St._Lawrence_River gptkb:Amazon_River gptkb:Pacific_coast_of_the_Americas
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	European exploration of the Americas
gptkbp:launched	gptkb:Portugal gptkb:Spain
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Cortés's_conquest_of_the_Aztec_Empire_(1519–1521) gptkb:Verrazzano's_exploration_of_the_Atlantic_coast_(1524) gptkb:Magellan's_circumnavigation_(1519–1522) gptkb:Balboa's_crossing_of_the_Isthmus_of_Panama_(1513) gptkb:Cabot's_voyage_to_North_America_(1497) gptkb:Cartier's_exploration_of_Canada_(1534–1542) gptkb:Columbus's_first_voyage_(1492) gptkb:Hudson's_exploration_of_North_America_(1609–1611) gptkb:Pizarro's_conquest_of_the_Inca_Empire_(1532–1533)
gptkbp:notableMission	gptkb:Christopher_Columbus gptkb:Hernando_de_Soto gptkb:Samuel_de_Champlain gptkb:Giovanni_da_Verrazzano gptkb:Francisco_Pizarro gptkb:Amerigo_Vespucci gptkb:Henry_Hudson gptkb:Jacques_Cartier gptkb:Vasco_Núñez_de_Balboa gptkb:Leif_Erikson gptkb:Juan_Ponce_de_León gptkb:Álvar_Núñez_Cabeza_de_Vaca gptkb:Hernán_Cortés gptkb:John_Cabot Ferdinand Magellan Pedro Álvares Cabral
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Age_of_Discovery gptkb:colonialism gptkb:New_World gptkb:Old_World imperialism
gptkbp:resultedIn	gptkb:colonization_of_the_Americas gptkb:Columbian_Exchange spread of Christianity spread of European diseases transatlantic slave trade decline of indigenous populations exchange of crops and animals establishment of trade routes mapping of the New World
gptkbp:sponsor	gptkb:Spanish_Empire gptkb:French_Kingdom gptkb:Dutch_Republic gptkb:English_Kingdom Portuguese Empire
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:The_Discovery_of_Guiana
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6