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| Dutch East Indies IIIn 1602 the government of the Netherlands chartered the Dutch East India Company to expand trading opportunities in eastern Asia. For decades little Holland dominated the European spice trade with the East Indies.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Dutch East Indies IBeginning in the early 1600s, the lure of profits from spices attracted European trading companies to the exotic lands of the East Indies.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| The Voyage of Magellan IIICommissioned by King Charles I of Spain to find a shortcut through the Americas to the islands of Southeast Asia, Ferdinand Magellan, in command of five ships, left the Spanish port of Seville in August 1519. Thus began one of history's greatest voyages of exploration.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Gerardus Mercator IDespite the discoveries of explorers such as Christopher Columbus, a true understanding of the shape of the natural world did not immediately emerge. Resistance came from a variety of forces.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| The Voyage of Magellan IVSeeking a passage through the American land mass as a shortcut to the rich spice islands of east Asia, Ferdinand Magellan and a crew sailed south along the coast of South America in the early months of 1520, looking for a strait to take them through.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| The Voyage of Magellan IOn August 10, 1519 Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese sailing master of noble upbringing in service to the King of Spain, set sail on one of history's greatest voyages of discovery.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| The Polo Family Travels IIAt the age of seventeen Marco Polo joined his father and uncle on their return to central Asia and China. It was the beginning of a remarkable commercial and literary career.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| The Polo Family Travels IIIAfter twenty-four years and a journey of nearly 15,000 miles, in 1295 the Polos, a family of commercial traders, returned to Venice from China. Marco Polo brought home stories of their exotic travels.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| The Voyage of Magellan IIIn 1519 Ferdinand Magellan sailed from the port of Seville in Spain. Three years later one of his ships returned, having circumnavigated the globe. Such a voyage was possible because of a revolution in the technology of exploration.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| The Polo Family Travels IIn 1260 the Polo family, part of the commercial aristocracy of the Venetian city-state, began a remarkable series of trading expeditions. Over the next three decades they would travel tens of thousands of miles.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
