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Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
Age of Exploration
Slaves, trade, expansion -
Jan 1, 1420
Portuguese's exploration of Africa
Portugal took the lead in European exploration. Prince Henry was the Navigtor of their ship. Fleets began probing southward along the western coast of Africa and dicovered a new source of gold. Later known asssss the Gold Coastttt!!! -
Jan 27, 1488
Bartholomeu Dias rouds tip of Africa
"Cape of Good Hope" or the tip of africa was roundede by Bart Dias in 1488, -
Jan 27, 1489
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama sails across Indian Ocean to India. He went around the cape and cut across the Ocean to the coast of India to arrive off the port of Calicut... Where got a bunch of spices. He made a profit from it. -
Oct 1, 1492
Columbus reaches Americas
Columbus believed he could reach Asia by sailing west instead of east around Africa. So, he convinced Queen Isabella to finance his expedition. In October of 1492 he reached the West Indies but he thought he was in Asia and kept exploring. He explored Cuba, Carribian Islands, Honduras, and Hispaniola. -
Jan 27, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
Spain and Portugal thought others might claim some of their discoveries so they resolved the concerns with the signing of the Treaty of Tordesillas. This treaty made a line of demarcation from north to south through the Atlantic Ocean and easternmost part of the South American continent. The uncontrolled territories on the east side of the line was automatically controlled by Portugal and the west side was automatically controlled by Spain. gave Portugal-route round africa,gaveSpain- rights -
Apr 22, 1500
Pedro Cabral lands in South America
Cabral, a Portugese sea captain, discovered Brazil when he was sent to explor India. After trading for spices in India, he returned to Portugal on June 23, 1500 -
Jan 27, 1510
Finding of Melaka
Melaka was a thriving spice trade port on the Malay Peninsula, it destroyed Arab control of the spice trade and provided the Portuguese with route. -
Jan 27, 1519
Aztecs' Defeat
A Sanish force under the command of Hernán Cortés landed at Veracruz, on the Fulf of Mexico. He made alliences while he marched. The Spanish had a great advantage in fighting with the many weapons they had. The Spanish took Montezuma hostage and pillaged the city. In the fall of 1520, the local population revolted and drove the invaders from the city... Many Spanish was killed. -
Sep 1, 1519
Ferdinand Magellans' Circumnavigation
Magellan prsuaded the king of Spain to finance his voyage to Asia through the Western Hemisphere. He set sail in Sep 1519 down the coast of S. America in search of a sea passage through Amrica... in 1520 he passes through a waterway(straight of magellan) and then killed by the Natives. He didn't actually finish his voyage but one of his ships returned so he was remembered as the first person to circumnavigate the globe. -
Jan 27, 1535
Incas' Defeat
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Jan 27, 1555
Peace of Augsburg
An end to religious warfare in Germany. It formally accepted the divistion of Chrisianity in Germany so they were now free to choose between Catholicism and Lutheranism. Also, the right of German rulers to determine the reigion of their subjects was accepted but not the subjects' right to choose their own religion. -
Dutch sail to India
The first Dutch fleet had arrived in India in 1595... shortly after, the Dutch formed the East India Company and began competing with the Enlish and Portuguese for Indian Ocean trade. Also they formed their own West India Company to compete with the Spanish and Portuguese in the Americas. -
England Sails to India
At the beginning of the 1600s, an English fleet landed on the northwestern coast of India and established trade relation with the people. -
Discovery of Hudson Bay
Henry Hudson discovered the Hudson Bay in 1610 -
French colonize Canada and Louisiana
The French colonization of the Americas began in the 16th century... As they colonized the New World, the French established forts and settlements that would become such cities as Quebec and Montreal in Canada; Detroit, Green Bay, St. Louis, Mobile, Biloxi, Baton Rouge and New Orleans in the United States; and Port-au-Prince and Cap-Haïtien in Haiti. -
Dutch establish settlements on North America
Dutch settlements were established on the North American continent in the early seventeenth century. New Netherland stretched from the mouth of the Hudson River as far north as Albany, NY
