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Feb 3, 1418
prince henrys navigation school
a school that was started in 1418. he was obsessed over the fact of traveling and he wanted to build his crew from that school -
Feb 3, 1488
bartolomeu dias rounds the southern tip of africa
he was the first euproean to round the southern tip of africa. he discovered a direct route to africa while doing so -
Feb 3, 1492
columbus reaches the carribean
he reach the carribean in 1492 he was looking for an easier trade route to india and ended up landing on the carribean and calling them indians -
Feb 3, 1494
spain and portugal sign the treaty of tordesillas
they both fought over the lands tat have not yet been claimed for one anothers country. so the pope made a proposal that all lands east of the imiganary line of demarcation belongs to portugal and everything west belongs 2 spain -
Feb 3, 1497
vasca de gamo to catticult
the trip lasted for 2 years with a crew of 170 men from lisbon. the distance covered was 27000 miles and thats greater than the whole equator rapped round the earth. it was navigated by the most famous navigators of the time -
Feb 3, 1521
spain settles in the phllipines.
ferdinand magellen led an expediditon to settle in the phillipines. he claimed the land for spain and tried converting the carribeans into christians. -
dutch trade in java
the dutched murdered the javanese prince to take over the land. they seen how spice trade was in java and they made a profit off it -
france starts their own east india company
it was a company that was fused from 3 earlier companies. the dutch east inda company and 2 smaller companies.
