European Explorer Timeline

By Mack.N
  • Feb 2, 1418

    • Prince Henry starts a navigation school

  • Feb 2, 1451

    Bartolomeu Dias rounds the southern tip of Africa

  • Feb 2, 1492

    Christopher Columbus reaches the Caribbean

  • Feb 2, 1494

    Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas

  • May 20, 1497

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

  • Feb 2, 1521

    Ferdinand Magellan leads a Spanish expedition to the Philippines

  • Feb 2, 1565

    • Spain begins settlements in the Philippines

  • France sets up its own East India Company

  • The Dutch establish a trading center on Java