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Jan 31, 1418
Prince Henry starts a navigation school
Prince Henry started a school of navigation in Sagres, Portugal to advance the study of navigation. -
Jan 31, 1488
Bartolomeu Dias rounds the southern tip of Africa
Bartolomeu Dias a noble Portagal was a Portuguese to sail to the tip of Africa. -
Jan 31, 1492
Christopher Columbus reaches the Caribbean
Columbus was not the first European to reach the continent.Columbus landed in the Bahamas and explored the Caribbean. -
Jan 31, 1494
Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas
Spain and Portugal signed the Treaty of Tordesillas to divide the Western Hemisphere between them. -
Jan 31, 1497
Vasco da Gama reaches the port of Calicut on the Indian Ocean
Vasco da Gama's sea voyage to India is one of the most important moments in the history of exploring. -
Jan 31, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan leads a Spanish expedition to the Philippines
Lead the first expedition to sail from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific Ocean. -
Jan 31, 1521
Spain begins settlements in the Philippines
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France sets up its own East India Company
This was used for trading with the Eastern hemishpere. -
The Dutch establish a trading center on Java
Established by the Dutch so they could directly trade with Asia.
