kelseys timeline

  • Feb 2, 1460

    prince henry

    prince henry
    Prince Henry (Henrique) the Navigator (1394-1460) was a Portuguese royal prince, soldier, and patron of explorers. Henry sent many sailing expeditions down Africa's west coast, but did not go on them himself.
  • Feb 2, 1479

    spain begins settlement

    . It originated during the Age of Exploration and was therefore one of the first global empires. At the time of Habsburgs, Spain reached the peak of its world power.[
  • Jun 7, 1494

    treaty of tordesillas

    divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe between Spain and Portugal
  • May 29, 1500

    bartolomeu dias

    bartolomeu dias
    a nobleman of the Portuguese royal household, was a Portuguese explorer who sailed around the southernmost tip of Africa in 1488, the first European known to have done so
  • May 20, 1506

    christopher columbus

    christopher columbus
    Columbus landed in the Bahamas and later explored much of the Caribbean,
  • Mar 16, 1521

    ferdinand magellan leads a spanish expedition ot the phillppines

    He was the first European to reach the islands.
  • Dec 24, 1524

    vasco da gama

    vasco da gama
    Portuguese explorer, one of the most successful in the Age of Discovery and the commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India. For a short time in 1524 he was the Governor of Portuguese India, under the title of Viceroy.
  • france set up its own east india company

    when the States-General of the Netherlands granted it a 21-year monopoly to carry out colonial activities in Asia
  • the dutch establish a trading center of java

    the dutch establish a trading center of java
    when the States-General of the Netherlands granted it a 21-year monopoly to carry out colonial activities in Asia.