Prince Henry built a school of navigation - He built a school to teach better sailing methods, enabling explorers to succeed., Prince Henry funded mapmakers, shipbuilders, and explorers - Provided financial backing for Portuguese sailors to begin exploring the oceans., Invention of the caravel with triangular sails - Ships could sail faster and against the wind, allowing longer voyages., Europeans wanted spices and goods from Asia - Portuguese sailors traveled along Africa and reached India, opening a sea route to Asia., Europeans wanted to spread their religion - Europeans tried to convert Asians to Christianity., New navigation tools like the compass and astrolabe - Sailors could navigate more accurately, making ocean travel safer., Bartolomeu Dias reached the Cape of Good Hope - Showed a route around Africa was possible., Vasco da Gama sailed around Africa to India - Successfully reached India, establishing the first sea route from Europe to Asia., Portuguese explorers began trading along Africa’s west coast - Trading posts were set up, increasing Portugal’s wealth and power., Atlantic slave trade - Millions of Africans were captured and forced into slavery.,

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