Exploration and Contact

By nkim2
  • zheng he takes his first journey
    Jan 1, 1405

    zheng he takes his first journey

    Travels all over the indian ocean
  • Prince henry founds first navigation school
    Jan 1, 1419

    Prince henry founds first navigation school

    Starts exploration and trade
  • Ming China adopts isolationist policy following Zheng He's seventh voyage
    Jan 1, 1433

    Ming China adopts isolationist policy following Zheng He's seventh voyage

    belived country best served by avoiding international trade agreements or other mutual assistance pacts
  • Christopher Columbus lands in Hispaniola
    Jan 1, 1492

    Christopher Columbus lands in Hispaniola

    belives that he is in the east indies but was first EUROPEAN (non viking) to find the "new world"
  • Spain and Portugal sign the treaty of Todesillas
    Jan 1, 1494

    Spain and Portugal sign the treaty of Todesillas

    Split world for spain and portugal after finding americas
  • Vasco de Gama reaches India
    Jan 1, 1498

    Vasco de Gama reaches India

    Starts trade routes and becomes extremely sucessful
  • Tokugawa Ieyasu becomes shogun of japan

    Tokugawa Ieyasu becomes shogun of japan

    Begins millitary dictatorship
  • Manchus establish Qing Dynasty in China

    Manchus establish Qing Dynasty in China

    Manchus conquered the Ming beginning of the Qing