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Apr 16, 1488
Bartholomeu Dias sails around the tip of Africa
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Period: Aug 3, 1492 to Jun 19, 1502
The voyages of Columbus
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Jun 7, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
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May 20, 1498
Vasco de Gama lands at Calicut in India
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Aug 15, 1511
Portugese seize Malacca
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Apr 16, 1514
Landing of Portugese ships in southern China
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Period: Sep 8, 1519 to Sep 6, 1522
Ferdinand Magellan voyages to circumnavigate the globe
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Period: Dec 19, 1530 to Jan 19, 1535
Pizarro's conquest of the Inca
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Sep 23, 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 settelment at Quebec
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Dutch fort established at Batavia
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Dutch seize Malacca from Portuguese
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English seize New Netherland
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English establishes trading post in Canton
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Battle of Plassey
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French cede Canada to British
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British mission to China