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Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Jan 1, 1499
Europeans Seek Searoute to Asia
A new route to asia is formed because the muslims and italian merchants are taxing and pricing the travelers. Columbus navigates the wrong way and finds america. He was supposed to travel around africa to asia. -
Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Jan 1, 1499
Prince Henry the Navigators School
Prince Henry the Navigator was not a sailor. He created a school for people to learn about sailing and navigating their own ships. His name is very decieving because right away you think he is a sailor but he was the total opposite. -
Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Jan 1, 1499
Trading in the Ming Dynasty
The Ming dynasty was a time where China started to limit trade, controled it, and made strict rules. In the beginning China traded with many countries but at the end of the Ming dynasty trading with China slowed down. -
Oct 12, 1492
The Exploration with Christopher Columbus
Christopher sailed for Spain but was an Itailian explorer. While actually finding the indies he thinks that he made it to asia and found new land as well. He asked many people to fund his trip but in the end the person that funded his journey was Quees Isabella of Spain. -
Jan 1, 1493
The Line of Demarcation
Pope Alexander VI invented this line. The line was created for trading purposes, and to also prevent fights. Sometimes fights can occur between countries over land and goods. -
Jan 1, 1497
The Exploration with Vasco de Gama
Vasco de Gama discovered a new route from portugal to the east. He sailed for india and is a portugese explorer. He was another famous sailor along with other explorers. -
Jan 1, 1500
The Exploration with Pedro Alvarez Cabral
Pedro Alvarez Cabral discovered what is known as today as Brazil. He sailed for Brazil but he was a portygese explorer. -
Jan 1, 1502
The Exploration with Vasco De Gama Part 2
Vasco de Gama led his second major expedition. This journey included him traveling to South Africa. It was a sucessful trip overall, but one road block that was in his way were the muslims. The muslims charged people high prices for passing, and this affected Vasco de Gama. -
Jan 1, 1511
Alfonso De Albuquerque
Alfonso was a person who liked and wanted to become a leader for others. He was a very sucessful leader controling muslims, funding expiditions, and organizing trade. He knew where to put money that would in the end have an effective result for his kingdom. -
Jan 1, 1519
The Exploration of Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan started to sail, and he sailed for spain. Although he was a portugese explorer. Like any other explorer he was trying to discover new routes and land as well. -
Jan 1, 1521
Phillipines and Spain Trading
Spain went to the Philipines to spread Cotholosism, or Christianity to the Philipines. Also spain wanted to trade goods with philipino people as well. -
Jan 1, 1522
The Exploration with Ferdinand Magellan
This was an extremely important time in history because he was the first navigatior to sail around Earth. Numerous small journeys have been made across oceans but not this huge. It was an amazing sucess and still shocks people today. -
Jan 1, 1543
Portugese and Japan Trading
The portugese traders arrived in Japan and wanted to trade. Europe had never met Japan before, so this was the first time. A terrible storm had pushed over a Chinese ship into Japans coasts and forced them to get off and meet the people for help. -
The Happy Return
They happy return was when Jacov Cornelisz returned safe to his country in Amsterdam. He made a sucessfull trip to the Indies which was very hard for other explorers and unlikely. -
Trading with the Dutch East India Company
This was a company that traded with others. The dutch invented this company to trade with india easier and more organized. These merchants wanted to make deals with others. They also supported and financed some explorations between sailors. They expanded their company many times as well. -
Japanese Trading
For 215 years Japan declined any traders or trades coming in and out of the country. This strict rule was broken in 1853, and trade with japan started to increase again. When countries dont trade with others their technology is not being advanced, and they are not keeping up with the rest of the world.
