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Chapter 3: The Rise of the Global Empires

The Industrial Revolutions

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Vasco Da Gama and the Columbus Expedition

Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese noble and soldier. He was not a merchant. So it should come as little surprise that on a second voyage, he ended up just trying to conquer Calicut. The Inter-Katera, the Treaty of Tordes Cías, and many prior agreements between Portugal and Castile would shape a new world order.

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