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Period: Oct 12, 1400 to
Age of Exploration
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Oct 5, 1418
The Beginning
The Portuguese began systematically exploring the Atlantic coast of Africa -
Jan 1, 1419
Prince Henry the Navigator
In 1419, Henry founded a navigation school on the southwestern coast of Portugal. Mapmakers, instrument makers, shipbuilders, scientists, and sea captains gathered there to perfect their trade. -
Jan 1, 1488
Bartolomeu Dias
(Actual date unknown) Bartolomeu Dias reaches the southernmost tip of africa, and his the first one to do so. -
Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus finds the West Indies
Believing that he found the Indies near Japan or China, Christopher Columbus stumbles upon the new land of America -
Oct 5, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
Treaty of Tordesillas was signed -
Oct 5, 1494
Slave Trading
The Portuguese king had entered agreements with the rulers of several West African states that would allow trade between their respective peoples -
Jun 24, 1497
England - Cabot
John Cabot found Newfoundland -
Jul 8, 1497
Portugal - De Gama
De Gama set sail to make his way around Cape Good Hope. -
May 21, 1498
Portugal - De Game
De Gama became the first European to set foot on Indian soil. -
Oct 5, 1503
Afonso de Albuquerque
Afonso de Albuquerque was an explorer who traveled to India -
Oct 4, 1508
Amerigo Vespucci
(Actual Date Unknown) After two voyages around America, King Ferdinand elected him chief navigator for Spain. -
Oct 4, 1509
Afonso I of Kongo
Lead the empire of Kongo from 1509-late 1542 -
Nov 22, 1511
Enslaving Africans
The first time we enslaved africans. -
Oct 5, 1513
Bartolome de Las Casas
Bartolome de Las Casas goes to conquer Cuba -
Oct 5, 1515
Francis I of France
Francis I of France begins his reign of France -
Nov 8, 1519
Spain - Cortes
Cortes reaches Tenoichtitlan to conquer the Aztecs -
Jan 1, 1522
Fransico Pizarro
(Exact date unknown) Spanish conquistador who traveled through much of the Pacific coast of America along Peru. Conquered Incan Empire, stealing massive amounts of gold, silver, and other treasures. Explored South America. -
Oct 5, 1524
Giovanni da Verrazzano
Italian Giovanni da Verrazzano sailed at the behest of Francis I of France, who was motivated by indignation over the division of the world between Portuguese and Spanish. Verrazzano explored the Atlantic Coast of North America, from South Carolina to Newfoundland, and was the first recorded European to visit what would later become the Virginia Colony and the United States. -
Oct 5, 1534
Jacques Cartier
Jacques Cartier makes his first voyage to find the middle passage -
Matteo Ricci
Matteo Ricci makes it to Macau. -
Northern Passage
The States-General offered a high reward for anybody who successfully navigated the Northeast Passage. -
New York Discovered
Between 1609–1611, after several voyages on behalf of English merchants to explore a prospective Northeast Passage to India, Kingdom of England England's Henry Hudson, under the auspices of the Dutch East India Company (VOC), explored the region around present-day New York City -
Slave Sailors
Between 1600 and 1800, approximately 300,000 sailors engaged in the slave trade visited West Africa. -
Lord Macartney
Lord Macartney takes a trip to China
