Europeans Explore the East

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  • Feb 1, 1418

    Prince Henry starts a navigation school

    Prince Henry starts a navigation school
    Prince Henry started the first school for oceanic navigation along with an astronomical observatory at Sagres
  • Oct 10, 1487

    Bartolomeu Dias rounds the southern tip of Africa

    Bartolomeu Dias rounds the southern tip of Africa
    Bartolomeu Dias was the first person to sail from portugal all the way down and around the southern tip of africa to get to asia
  • Feb 1, 1492

    Christopher Columbus reaches the caribbean

    Christopher Columbus reaches the caribbean
    Christopher Columbus sails for asia and finds the caribbean.
  • Jun 7, 1494

    Spain and portugal sign the treaty of tordillas

    Spain and portugal sign the treaty of tordillas
    The treatty of tordillas is how spain and portugal could divide newly discovered land outside of england.
  • May 20, 1498

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

    Vasco da Gama reaches the port of Calicut on the Indian Ocean
    Vasco da gama reaches india.
  • Feb 7, 1564

    Spain begins settlements in the philipenes.

    Spain begins settlements in the philipenes.
    spain begins to colonize the philipenes.

  • The Dutch establish a trading center on Java

    The Dutch establish a trading center on Java
    The dutch start trading on java

  • France sets up its own east india company

    France sets up its own east india company
    France sets up a way to trade goods with india and the rest of the eastern hemisphere.

  • Ferdinand Magellan leads a Spanish expedition to the Philippines

    Ferdinand Magellan leads a Spanish expedition to the Philippines
    magellan was the first person to sail around the world and land in the philippines.