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Portugal had expanded into Muslim Noth Africa, seizing the port of Ceuta on the North African coast.
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Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama followed in Dia's footsteps. He led four ships around the Cape of Good Hope. After ten months, da Gama reached the spice port of Calicut on the west coast of India. When they came back they lost half of their ships and many sailors died.
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Christopher Columbus went from Spain and traveled southwest to the West Indies. He then came back to Spain once he was done with his exploring.
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Cabot started his exploration from England and sailed West to North America. Once he was done, he came back to England.
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Affonso I asked the Potuguese to help him develop Kongo as a modern Christian state.
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The Potuguese seized the island of Goa off the coast of India. They made it their military and commercial base.
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The Portuguese took over the port of Malacca. They killed all of the muslims in the city.
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Cartier started from France and sailed west to North America.
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A young Jesuit priest arrived in China. He had studied Chinese and he impressed the Chinese rulers. Matteo Ricci translated five European books into Chinese. When he died, he was buried near the Chinese emperor.
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A Dutch fleet returned to Amsterdam from Asia after more than a year's absence. They returned with peppers, cloves, and other spices. This lead to more overseas activities.
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A group of wealthy Dutch merchants formed the Dutch East Indie Company. The Dutch East Indie Company had full sovereign power.
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He started in the Netherlands and traveled northeast around Europe. He then went west and headed to North America.
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The Manchu armies seized Bejing and made it their capital.
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Dutch immigrants arrived at the southern tip of Africa. They built Cape Town. Cape Town is the first permanent European settlement
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The almany forbade anyone to transport slaves through Futa Toro for sale abroad.
