First Global Age:Asia (Freeman)

  • Period: Nov 1, 1400 to Nov 1, 1499

    1400s

  • Period: Nov 11, 1400 to Nov 11, 1460

    Prince Henry the Navigator

    Responsible for early developement European exploration and trade.
  • Period: Nov 11, 1400 to Nov 11, 1498

    Muslim and Italian merchant control European and Asian trade

  • Period: Nov 11, 1400 to Nov 11, 1499

    Ming Dynasty and Exploration

  • Nov 11, 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    an Italian navigator and maritime explorer credited as the discoverer of the Americas.
  • Nov 11, 1493

    Line of Demarcation

    pope Alex 8 divided the non-european worlds into 2
  • Nov 11, 1497

    vasco da gama

    Portuguese explorer, and the commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India.
  • Period: Nov 18, 1497 to Nov 18, 1499

    Vasco da Gama

  • Nov 11, 1500

    Pedro Alvarez Cabral

    A Portuguese nobleman, explorer, and navigator who was the first European to see Brazil (on April 22, 1500). He claimed it for Portugal.
  • Period: Nov 18, 1500 to Nov 18, 1501

    Pedro Alvarez Cabral

  • Nov 11, 1502

    Vasco da gama

  • Period: Nov 18, 1502 to Nov 18, 1503

    Vasco da Gama

  • Period: Nov 18, 1511 to Nov 18, 1518

    Afonoso de Alburquerque

  • Period: Nov 18, 1519 to Nov 18, 1520

    Ferdinand Magellan

  • Period: Nov 18, 1521 to Nov 18, 1522

    Spain and the Phillipines

  • Period: Nov 18, 1522 to Nov 18, 1524

    Magellan's Crew

  • Period: Nov 18, 1543 to

    Portuguese and Japan

  • Period: to

    The Happy Return

  • Period: to

    The Dutch East India Company

  • Period: to

    Japanese ban western merchants