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Jan 1, 1415
Portugal Expands
Portugal expands into the Muslim North America. -
Jan 1, 1488
Bartholomeu Dias
Dias rounded the southern tip of Africa. -
Jan 1, 1492
Christopher Columbus
Columbus reached the Carribean by sailing West across the Atlantic ocean. -
Jan 1, 1493
Line of Demarcation
Ferdinand and Isabella appealed to the Spanish-born Pope Alexander VI to support their claims in the new world. The Pope set the line of Demarcation dividing the non-European world into two zones. -
Jan 1, 1493
Columbus returns
Columbus returned to Spain with plants and animals he found in the America's. -
Jan 1, 1498
Vasco De Gama
reaches India by rounding Africa. He sailed around the Cape of Good Hope and established ports on the India ocean. -
Sep 20, 1519
Portuguese Nobleman
A minor Portuguese nobleman name ferdinand Magellan set out from Spain with five ships. -
Jan 1, 1521
Cortes
Cortes completes the conquest of the Aztecs. -
Sep 8, 1522
Magellan's Crew
One of Magellan's ships and eighteen of his men reached Spain. They had successfully circumnavigated the globe. -
The Dutch
The dutch establish the Dutch East India company. -
British Colonists
The British Colonists found Jamestown, Virginia. -
Settlers
Another group of settlers landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts. -
The Dutch take Malacca
The Dutch take Malacca from the Portuguese -
Dutch Immigrants
The Dutch immigrants arrived at the southern tip of the continent and built Cape town. -
Treaty of Paris
The treaty of Paris was signed, ending the French and Indian war.