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merchants controlled trade all through out europe and asia.
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important figure in the 14th century in politics. he was portugese.
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the Chinese imperial eunuch Zheng He led seven ocean expeditions for the Ming emperor that are unmatched in world history.
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he sailed the ocean in 1492 and discovered north america that was already discovered.
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imaginary longitude line
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first european to reach to india by sea. this discovery of a route to asia was very important. portuguese sailed for portugal
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Pedro Álvares Cabral was a Portuguese nobleman, military commander, navigator and explorer regarded as the discoverer of Brazil. Cabral conducted the first substantial exploration of the northeast coast of South America and claimed it for Portugal.
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first european to reach to india by sea. this discovery of a route to asia was very important. portuguese sailed for portugal
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Afonso de Albuquerque, Duke of Goa, was a Portuguese general, a "great conqueror," a statesman, and an empire builder.
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Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer who organised the Spanish expedition to the East Indies from 1519 to 1522, resulting in the first circumnavigation of the Earth.
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The Philippines was the lone colony of Spain in Asia for more than three centuries. Spain has an embassy in Manila, and the Philippines has an embassy in Madrid. As of 2007, there are 115,362 Filipinos with dual citizenship.
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One of Ferdinand Magellan’s five ships–the Vittoria–arrives at SanlÚcar de Barrameda in Spain
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Japanese–Portugal relations describes the foreign relations between Japan and Portugal. Although Portuguese sailors visited Japan first in 1543, diplomatic relations started in the nineteenth century.
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the happy return was after absence they came back with a lot of money
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The 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.
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In the 19th century, after a long period of isolationism, China and then Japan came under pressure from the West to open to foreign trade and relations.
