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Feb 1, 1418
Prince Heny found navigation school
Prince Henry started the first school for oceanic navigation. In this school people were trained in navagation, Map making, And science, in order to sail down west of africa. -
Feb 1, 1488
Bartolomeu Dias rounds the southern tip of Africa
Bartolomeu Dias becomes the first European mariner to round the southern tip of Africa. By opening a sea route between the continents. -
Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus reaches the Caribbean
Christopher Columbus landed on a small island called san salvador. -
May 20, 1498
Vasco da Gama reaches the port of Calicu
The fleet arrived in Kappadu near Calicut India on 20 May 1498 -
Jun 8, 1498
Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas
The treaty of Tordesillas is signed in what is now the Valladolid province in Spain. It divided the newly discovered lands between Spain and Portugal. -
Feb 1, 1521
Ferdinand Magellan leads a Spanish expedition to the Philippines
Ferdinand Megellan arrives in the Philippines when he landed on the island of Cebu He was mean to some people but was still killed by a chief named Lapu-Lapu. -
Feb 1, 1565
Spain begins settlements in the Philippines
An expidition led by Miguel Lopez de Legaspi arrived. A settlement was set up in 1565 on the island of Cebu. -
The Dutch establish a trading center on Java
The Dutch establish a trading center on Java in 1602 -
France sets up its own East India Company
In order to create trade between India and France, the East India Company was set up to compete with previously established British and Dutch companies.
