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Exploration Timeline

  • Period: Jan 1, 1400 to

    Exploration

  • Turks cease the Byzantines
    Jan 1, 1453

    Turks cease the Byzantines

    The Ottomon Turks take Constinople ending the Byzantines Empire.
  • Columbus Discovers America
    Oct 12, 1492

    Columbus Discovers America

    Columbus and crew spot first land of The New World,
    In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.
  • De Gama Reaches India
    Jan 1, 1498

    De Gama Reaches India

    Vasco de Gama sails around Cape of Good Hope, Africa and reaches India to set trade posts.
  • Kongo Thrives
    Jan 1, 1500

    Kongo Thrives

    African people of Kongo flourish in trade.
  • Balboa discovers the Pacific
    Jan 1, 1513

    Balboa discovers the Pacific

    Vasco Nunez de Balboa discovers a sea he named the South Sea, which he didn't realize was an ocean... the PACIFIC Ocean.
  • Magellen's Around the World Adventure
    Jan 1, 1522

    Magellen's Around the World Adventure

    Magellan and Crew are first to circumnavigate the globe.
  • Mughal Reign
    Jan 1, 1556

    Mughal Reign

    Akbar leads the reign in Africa.
  • Dutch East India Company

    Dutch East India Company

    The Dutch established their own company, increasing their power.
  • Tokugawas took control

    Tokugawas took control

    Tokugawas came into power in Japan.
  • Malacca Goes to the Dutch

    Malacca Goes to the Dutch

    The Dutch overtake Malacca from the Portuguese.
  • War Strikes for the English

    War Strikes for the English

    The rise of the English Civil War erupts.
  • Cape Town Built

    Cape Town Built

    The first permanent European settlement built in Africa by Dutch immigrants
  • China's Lead by Emperor Qianlong.

    China's Lead by Emperor Qianlong.

    Qianlong begins his reign as emperor.
  • Seven Years War

    Seven Years War

    Tensions flare between Britain and Frace, and war breaks out.
  • The Birth of a Legend

    The Birth of a Legend

    Siara Mychelle Smith was born to Fred and Karen Smith in Evansville, Indiana. If it wasn't for Christopher Columbus and friends, none of us would be in exsitance here.