Advances and voyages before Columbus paved the way for the seemingly momentous journey of 1492. It is often forgotten that Columbus was not the first to travel across the Atlantic Ocean. In the year 1000 the Vikings made the trip from Greenland to Newfoundland, across the Northern Atlantic Ocean, settling in Vinland. Although little is known about their trip, it is interesting to note that a voyage very similar to Columbus’s had already been …show more content…
Explorer Bartolomeu Dias ventured to Cape of Good Hope and back to Portugal. Later, Vasco De Gama sailed around the Cape of Good Hope and over to India, building off of Dias’s findings. The Portuguese idea of making a profit off of ocean-based trade networks, as well as the advancements which helped them along the way, sparked a significant chain reaction. Although Columbus’s contact was significant, the ability and desire to trade across oceans was established before his voyages. Advancements and discoveries after Columbus also had impacts equal to the physical contact of