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Mention any two consequences of the geographical explorations.
How did Renaissance lead to geographical explorations?
Solution
The navigators of Portugal and Spain played an important part in the geographical explorations. Constantinople fell into the hands of the Turks in AD 1453, and so the trade sea-routes between the West and the East were closed. Hence, in search of new sea-routes
The following were the main discoveries:
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- Prince Henry, the navigator of Portugal discovered an f sea-route to Africa.
- Bartholomew Diaz was successful in reaching the Cape of Good Hope.
- Vasco-da-Gama sailed as far as India in AD 1498.
- Columbus discovered America in AD 1492.
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