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Prince Henyr's exploration of overseas begins and he helped conquer Muslim city.
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Henry founed a navigation school on the southwestern coast of Portugal.
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Henry died and the Portuguese established series of trading posts along western Africa's shores.
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Spain and Portugal signed the Treaty of Tordesillas.
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Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama began exploring the east African coast.
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The Portuguese captured Goa, a port city on India's west coast.
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People of the region declared their independence from Spain and established the Dutch Republic.
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Netherland increased its control over Indian Ocean trade.
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The Dutch established their trading headquarters at Batvia on the island of Java
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France entered the Asian trade with its own East India Company,
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Dutch rule much of Indonesia and had trading posts in seceral Asian countries.
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European traders who sailed farther east to seek riches in China and Japan had even less success in spreading Western culture.
