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Europeans Explore the East

By hunterman
  • Prince Henry starts a navigation school
    Jan 1, 1418

    Prince Henry starts a navigation school

    in 1418 Prince Henry started a navigation school for ocean navagation in portugal. the school was for navigate, map makeing, and learning science.
  • Bartolomeu Dias rounds the southern tip of Africa
    Oct 10, 1487

    Bartolomeu Dias rounds the southern tip of Africa

    bartolomeu dias was appointed form king john II to sail around the sothern tip of in hopes of finding a tradBartolomeu.
  • Christopher Columbus reaches the Caribbean
    Nov 3, 1492

    Christopher Columbus reaches the Caribbean

    First European to reach the New World.
  • Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas
    Sep 5, 1494

    Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas

    A 1494 agreement between spain and portugal. this declared that lands newly descoverd to the west was spains.
  • Vasco da Gama reaches the port of Calicut on the Indian Ocean
    May 20, 1498

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

    A Portugese explorer who began exploring in 1498.
  • Ferdinand Magellan leads a Spanish expedition to the Philippines
    Jan 1, 1519

    Ferdinand Magellan leads a Spanish expedition to the Philippines

    ferdinand magellan and his crew was the first ones to sail around the world
  • Spain begins settlements in the Philippines
    Jan 31, 1571

    Spain begins settlements in the Philippines

    arrived in Guam and the Phillipines Islands said that the spanish have the east Indies.
  • The Dutch establish a trading center on Java

    The Dutch establish a trading center on Java

    They had to carry out colional activites in Asia. it was founded by the Dutch in the early 17th century.
  • France sets up its own East India Company

    France sets up its own East India Company

    The spice trade was highly power by the Portugese who used lisbon as a staple port.