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A Chinese imperial Zheng He led seven expeditions for the Ming emperor. He led voyages to Africa making China very rich with trade.
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Europe traded with Asia before the Renaissance
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Was a Portuguese royal prince. Henry sent many sailing expeditions down Africa's west coast. These expeditions were sent to create much-needed maps of the West African coast, to defeat the Muslims, to spread Christianity and to establish trade routes.
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He led three ships from Spain in search for a new route to Asia. He discovered America, which he thought was India when he first arrived. He opened up a new world of lands to explore.
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Spain and Portugal were competing for land so the Spanish-born Pope Alexander VI made a metaphoric line to seperate Spain and Portugal's land.
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He was the first European to reach India by sea. Thanks to his discovery he opened up a new route and helped he portuguese to establish a long-lasting colonial empire.
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Was a Portuguese nobleman, military commander, navigator and explorer. He is credited for discovering Brazil. He conducted the first exploration of the northeast coast of South America.
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He was in charge of the 4th Portuguese India Armada. It was Gama's second trip to India. It was designed as a expedition, to avenge the travails of the 2nd Armada and the massacre of the Portuguese factory in 1500.
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Was a Portuguese general. He spreaded Christianity and securing the trade of spices and the establishment of a Portuguese Asian empire.
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He was a Portuguese navigator. He sailed from Spain in an effort to find a western sea route to the rich Spice Islands of Indonesia. In command of five ships and 270 men.
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The first European visit is the arrival of Ferdinand Magellan. Spanish colonization began with the arrival of Miguel López de Legazpi's expedition on February 13, 1565 from Mexico. He established the first permanent settlement in Cebu.
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One of Ferdinand Magellan’s five ships complets the first circumnavigation of the world. The Vittoria was commanded by Basque navigator Juan SebastiÁn de Elcano, who took charge of the vessel after the murder of Magellan in the Philippines in April 1521.
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At first Japan wekcomed European visiters. They traded and aquired western firearms and also learn about their culture. Japan used a lot of European designs for castles. After learning what happened to the Philippines with Spain, Japan didn't allow any one into the country or out. They would have a Dutch ship come once a year to inform them the world events.
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The happy return is referred to when Dutch sailers returned home from Asia after a year of trading. They returned home with many spices and were very wealthy.
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It was established when the Dutch government granted it a 21 year monopoly on Dutch spice trade.It was a chartered company. The first company to issue stocks.
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In 1638 after the Japenese heard about what Spain had done with the philippines they banned all visiters and didn't allow any one out of the country. Once a year they would have a Dutch ship come and inform them the world events of the year.
