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1488
Bartholomeu Dias sails around the tip of Africa
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Period: 1492 to 1502
The voyages of Columbus
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1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
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1498
Vasco da Gama lands at Calicut in India
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1511
Portuguese seize Malacca
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1514
Landing of Portuguese ships in southern China
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Period: 1519 to 1522
Magellan's voyage around the world
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Period: 1519 to 1522
Spanish conquest of Mexico
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Period: 1530 to 1535
Pizarro's conquest of the Inca
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1543
Portuguese traders land in Japan
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British East India Company formed
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Dutch East India Company formed
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English settlement at Jamestown
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Champlain establishes settlement at Quebec
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Dutch fort established at Batavia
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Dutch seize Malacca form the Portuguese
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England seize New Netherland
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English establish trading post at Canton
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Battle of Plassey
A battle between England and Mughal Empire which the English won and received the right to collect taxes from lands surrounding Calcutta -
French cede Canada to Britain
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British mission to China