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First Global Age

  • Period: Oct 29, 1400 to Oct 29, 1499

    Prince henry the navigator

    He was a portuguese prince, and his voyages consisted of west africa and the madeira islands.
  • Period: Oct 29, 1400 to Oct 29, 1499

    Chuna And The MIng Dynasty

    After Zheng He died, China stopped funding overseas exploration and trade.
  • Period: Dec 24, 1400 to Dec 19, 1499

    Muslim and Italian merchants control trade between Europe and Asia

    Cities along these trade routes grew rich providing services to merchants and acting as international marketplaces.
  • Christopher Columbus
    Dec 24, 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    He was an italian explorer, who set sail for spain in August 3rd 1492. He discovered a small island and named it san salvador. He claimed land of spain, Columbus tried to reach India but he instead he had a different result “ the new world” .
  • Line of Demarcation
    Aug 18, 1493

    Line of Demarcation

    Sperate so spain and portugal could be incharge of their own land.
  • Vasco da Gama
    Mar 12, 1497

    Vasco da Gama

    He was a Portuguese sailor. He was the first person to sail directly from Europe to India. He discovered an ocean route.
  • Period: Oct 29, 1500 to

    Pedro Alvarez Cabral

    He was a portuguese explorer who navigated to be the first person to brazil. He set sail for india but instead found brazil.
  • Vasco da Gama
    Apr 23, 1502

    Vasco da Gama

    He claims brazil its was already portugals land.
  • Afonso de Albuquerque
    May 8, 1511

    Afonso de Albuquerque

    Pourtugeese solider and empire builder
  • Ferdinand Magellan
    Jan 1, 1519

    Ferdinand Magellan

    He was a portuguese explorer who set sail to explore the world. He wanted to find a better route to the spice islands. Circumnavigated the world.
  • Spain and the Philippines
    Feb 3, 1521

    Spain and the Philippines

    Spain took over the Phillipines to spread catholicism and established a trading empire.
  • Magellan’s Expedition
    Sep 20, 1522

    Magellan’s Expedition

    Magellan set sail for spain to find a better route to the spice islands.
  • Portuguese and Japan
    Mar 5, 1543

    Portuguese and Japan

    The influence of expansion in portugal infludenced japan when they stlled there for a short period of time.
  • The Happy Return

    The Happy Return

    Dutch ships returned from the netherlands and they brought back spices and whealth.
  • The Dutch East India Company

    The Dutch East India Company

    he United East Indian Company, referred to by the British as the Dutch East India Company, was originally established as a chartered company in 1602, when the Dutch government granted it a 21-year monopoly on Dutch spice trade.
  • Japanese ban western merchants

    Japanese ban western merchants

    Welcomed western traders unitially and acquired firearms and designed for castles.