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Article: Background to discovery Christopher Columbus, 1451-1506. (Skills Master 2).
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- September 3, 2001
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During Columbus's lifetime, knowledge of our world increased enormously. The map below is based on a map drawn by Paolo Toscanelli in 1469. Columbus's view of the world was based on that map. Read the play on pages 16-19, study the Time Line below, then answer the questions.
Time Line
1453: European overland trade routes to the Orient are blocked when the Turks capture Constantinople.
1456: Exploring the Atlantic Ocean, Luigi da Cadamasto discovers the Cape Verde Islands about 300 miles west of Africa. He claims the islands for Portugal.
1469: Paolo Toscanelli draws a map (see above) that shows Japan, China, India, and the Indies on ...