Ashley's Timeline

By AshleyTisch
  • Prince Henry starts a navigation school
    Jan 31, 1418

    Prince Henry starts a navigation school

    In this school, people were trained in nagivation, map-making, and science, in order to sail down the west of Africa.
  • Christopher Columbus reaches the Caribbean
    Jan 31, 1472

    Christopher Columbus reaches the Caribbean

    Columbus was not the first European to reach the Caribbean
  • Bartolomeu Dias rounds the southern tip of Africa
    Feb 3, 1488

    Bartolomeu Dias rounds the southern tip of Africa

    Dias wanted to continue sailing to India, but he was forced to turn back when his crew refused to go any further. It was only on the return voyage that he actually discovered the Cape of Good Hope.
  • Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas
    Jun 7, 1494

    Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas

    divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe between Spain and Portugal.
  • Vasco da Gama reaches the port of Calicut on the Indian Ocean
    May 20, 1498

    Vasco da Gama reaches the port of Calicut on the Indian Ocean

    Vasco da Gama reached the port of Calicut on the Indian Ocean, He brought unsuspected gifts, no gold or silver.
  • Ferdinand Magellan leads a Spanish expedition to the Philippines
    Mar 16, 1521

    Ferdinand Magellan leads a Spanish expedition to the Philippines

    He was the first European to reach the islands.
  • Spain begins settlements in the Philippines
    Feb 2, 1565

    Spain begins settlements in the Philippines

    They weren't the first to reach the Phillippines
  • The Dutch establish a trading center on Java

    The Dutch establish a trading center on Java

    The East India Company Traded with Java, which is an island of Indonesia.
  • France sets up its own East India Company

    France sets up its own East India Company

    Was Established to compete with the British and the Dutch.