European explore the east

  • Period: Jan 1, 1400 to

    Euopean Time Tile

  • Prince Henry starts a navigation school
    Feb 3, 1418

    Prince Henry starts a navigation school

    In 1418 Prince Henry started the navigation school in 1418. This school attached sailors and scientes.
  • Bartolomeu Dias rounds the southern tip of Africa
    Feb 3, 1488

    Bartolomeu Dias rounds the southern tip of Africa

    In 1488Dias goes around the southern tip of Africa.
  • Christopher Columbus reaches the Caribbean
    Oct 12, 1492

    Christopher Columbus reaches the Caribbean

    0n October 12 1492 Columbus reachs the Caribben islands.
  • Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas
    Jun 7, 1494

    Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas

    Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas so they can get any new lan found in the new world.
  • Vasco da Gama reaches the port of Calicut
    May 20, 1498

    Vasco da Gama reaches the port of Calicut

    On May 20 1498 De Gama reached the port of Calicut.
  • Ferdinand Magellan leads a Spanish expedition to the Philippines
    Mar 16, 1521

    Ferdinand Magellan leads a Spanish expedition to the Philippines

    On March 16 1521 Magellan lead a expedition for Spain to the Philippines.
  • Spain begins settlements in the Philippines
    Feb 21, 1565

    Spain begins settlements in the Philippines

    Almost 44 years after Magellan lead the expadition Spain begins settlement in the Philippines.
  • Dutch establish trading center on Java

    Dutch establish trading center on Java

    This trading center was founded in 1602 when the state-general of the Netherlands gave it a 21 year monopoly.