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Throughout the 1400s, the Italian and Muslim took over trade between Europe and Asia
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He sent a sailing epedition down Africa's West Coast for Portugal, but he only sent his crew.
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After Zhen He died, China stopped funding oversea explorations and trade. They felt no European country had anything to offer.
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Christopher Columbus sailed for Spain and discovered North America.
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This is an imaginary longitude line that Pope Alexander VI made to divide new lands claimed by Portugal from Spain.
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Vasco da Gama sailed for Portugal to discover a new route from Europe to India. He introduced Europeans to the Indian Ocean trade network.
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Pedro Alvarez Cabral sailed for Portugal and discovered Brazil and claimed it for Portugal, naming it the "Island of the True Cross".
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In 1502, Vasco da Gama sailed on another voage and got attacked by Arab shipping interests in the region and used force to get an agreement with Calicut's ruler.
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In 1511, Afonso de Albuquerque said to Malacca that he came in peace, but weeks later he attacked them.
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In 1519, Ferdinand Magellan salied for Spain. He led the first European voyage to circumnavigate the globe.
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Spain took over the Philippines, spread Catholicism, and established a trading empire.
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Magellan's expedition is when he went from Europe to the Spice Islands. Then made his voyage to the Philippines.
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Portuguese men arrived in Japan to trade.
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Dutch ships went to Africa and built settlements. When they return to the Netherlands after a year, they have spices and wealth.
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Trading company founded by the Dutch in 1602 to protect their trade in the Indian Ocean and to help them win their war for independence against Spain. The company found success during most of the 17th century. It was dissolved in 1799.
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After learning about the Philippines, Japanese were suspicious of western merchants and banned them.
