Age of Exploration!

By nomwaffer
  • Nov 22, 1368

    Peasant's song

    Peasant's song
    Hongwu commanded the rebel army that drove the Mongols out of China.
  • Jul 11, 1405

    Zheng He

    Zheng He
    A Chinese Muslim who led all of the seven voyages.
    Everything about them was large: distances traveled, fleet size, and ship measurements.
  • Nov 22, 1405

    Yonglo

    Yonglo
    Before the Europeans began to sail beyond their borders, he had launched the first of seven voyages of exploration.
    Yonglo- Hongwu's son.
  • Nov 21, 1419

    Prince Henry the Navigator

    Prince Henry the Navigator
    The son of Portugal's king. Prince Henry founds navigation school. Although he never went on any voyages.
  • Apr 12, 1453

    Ottomans

    Ottomans
    The Ottomans captured Constantinople.
  • Nov 22, 1464

    Songhai Empire

    Songhai Empire
    The Empire begins in West Africa.
  • Nov 22, 1492

    Cristopher Columbus

    Cristopher Columbus
    An Italian sea captain, convinced Spain to finance a bold plan to find a route to Asia by sailing west across the Atlantic Ocean.
  • Sep 23, 1494

    Treaty of Tordesillas

    Treaty of Tordesillas
    Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty.
    Pope Alexander VI had suggested an imaginary divding line where the lands west of the line (Line of Demaracation) would be Spain's. The lands east of the line would be Portugal's.
  • Nov 22, 1497

    Vasco da Gama

    Vasco da Gama
    Gama had began exploring the east African coast. Then in 1498, he reached the port of Calicut.
  • Nov 22, 1511

    Enslaved Africans

    Enslaved Africans
    The first enslaved Africans to arrive in the Americas.
  • Nov 22, 1521

    Ferdinand Magellan

    Ferdinand Magellan
    A Spanish expedition led by Ferdinand arrived in the Philippines. They claimed the land and began settling in 1565.

  • Tokugawa Shoguns

    Tokugawa Shoguns
    The Shoguns rule Japan.

  • Samuel de Champlain

    Samuel de Champlain
    Samuel has found Quebec.

  • The Dutch

    The Dutch
    The Dutch trade openly with Java.
    Java- An island, where they expanded west to conquer several nearby islands.

  • Manchus

    Manchus
    Manchus estables the Qing Dynasty in China.
    Manchus- The people of that region.

  • Kangxi

    Kangxi
    The emperor of China and ruled for some 60 years. His grandson, Qian-long helped China reach its greatest size and prosperity.

  • American Colonies

    American Colonies
    The American Colonies declare independance from Britain.
    *Picture- George Washington.

  • Britain

    Britain
    Britain seeks to trade with China.