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Portuguese royal prince, soldier, and patron of explorers.
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Showed Europeans that there was a possible trade route around the southern tip of Africa. This helped develop a wind system to help sailors after him.
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At first, he thought that he had reached East Asia. Set sail from Palos, Spain. He established a small colony here with 39 of his men.
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The purpose of this treaty was to clear up any confusion about newly claimed lands. The Portugese also wanted to protect their trade route to Africa.
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Chirstopher coloumbus comes across the caribbeans
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Vasco reaches his destination
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In 1521, Magellan's expedition landed on Homonhon island in the Philippines. He was the first European to reach the islands. Rajah Humabon of Cebu was friendly with Magellan and embraced Christianity, but their enemy, Lapu-Lapu was not.
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The expedition continued northward reaching the bay of Manila on the island of Luzon on June 24, 1571, where they established a new town and thus began an era of Spanish colonization that lasted for more than three centuries
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When the States-General of the Netherlands granted it a 21-year monopoly to carry out colonial activities in Asia.
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it was a commercial enterprise, founded in 1664 to compete with the British and Dutch East India companies in colonial India.
