Exploration

Age of Exploration

By evans27
  • Period: Jan 1, 1200 to Dec 31, 1399

    True Compass created

  • Period: Jan 1, 1400 to

    European Monarchs supported expansion and colonization

  • Period: Jan 1, 1400 to

    Age of Exploration

  • Period: Jan 1, 1451 to

    Triangle Trade Acoss Atlantic

  • Period: Jan 1, 1480 to

    Comercial Revolution

  • Bartolomeu Dias Sailed around Cape of Good Hope
    Jan 1, 1488

    Bartolomeu Dias Sailed around Cape of Good Hope

  • Christopher Columbus left Spain
    Aug 1, 1492

    Christopher Columbus left Spain

  • Columbus lands at San Salvador
    Oct 12, 1492

    Columbus lands at San Salvador

  • Period: Jan 1, 1497 to Dec 31, 1504

    Amerigo Vespucci

    Crossed Atlantic several times for Spain and Portugal
    Knew land was not Asia. Called it the "new world"
    America would be named after
  • Vasco de Gama sailed Indian Ocean to India
    Jan 1, 1498

    Vasco de Gama sailed Indian Ocean to India

  • Portuguese conquered southwest coast of India
    Jan 1, 1510

    Portuguese conquered southwest coast of India

  • Ponce de Leon sailed from Caribbean to Florida
    Jan 1, 1513

    Ponce de Leon sailed from Caribbean to Florida

  • Vasco Nunez de Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Panama
    Jan 29, 1513

    Vasco Nunez de Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Panama

    Named the South Sea.. Soon to be Pacific Ocean
  • Charles V. took the Spanish throne
    Jan 1, 1516

    Charles V. took the Spanish throne

    He was a Habsburg (German Family)
    Became Holy Roman Emperor
  • Ferdinand Magellan left Spain for South America
    Jan 1, 1519

    Ferdinand Magellan left Spain for South America

  • Hernan Cortes invaded Mexico
    Jan 30, 1519

    Hernan Cortes invaded Mexico

    11 Ships and 600 men.
    Destroyed Aztec city Tenochtitlan
    Built Mexico City over ruins
  • Magellan died in Philippine Islands
    Jan 1, 1521

    Magellan died in Philippine Islands

  • Magellans crew reached Spain
    Jan 30, 1522

    Magellans crew reached Spain

    one ship and 18 crew members. First round the world voyage.
  • Francisco Pizarro led expedition from Panama
    Jan 1, 1530

    Francisco Pizarro led expedition from Panama

    180 men and 37 horses to Peru
  • Francisco Pizarro claimed Ecuador for Spain
    Jan 1, 1533

    Francisco Pizarro claimed Ecuador for Spain

  • Period: Jan 1, 1556 to

    King Philip II rule

  • Charles V. divides up Empire
    Jan 30, 1556

    Charles V. divides up Empire

    Gives Spain to son Philip II (Spanish Habsburgs)
  • William of Orange led revolt against Philip
    Jan 1, 1568

    William of Orange led revolt against Philip

    Netherlands break from Spain.
    Used Guerrilla Warfare
  • Williams leadership allows independence
    Jan 1, 1579

    Williams leadership allows independence

    Northern Provinces break from Spain
  • Spain Annexed Portugal
    Jan 1, 1580

    Spain Annexed Portugal

  • William of Orange killled

    William of Orange killled

  • Dutch East India Company founded

    Dutch East India Company founded

    total control of trading between the Netherlands and East Indies
  • First Dutch overseas colony on island of Java

    First Dutch overseas colony on island of Java

  • Dutch purchase Manhattan from Native Americans

    Dutch purchase Manhattan from Native Americans

  • Portugal gains independence

    Portugal gains independence

  • Period: to

    Height of the Slave Trade