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Period: Jan 1, 1096 to Jan 1, 1270
Crusades
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Jan 1, 1275
Marco Polo
Polo meets Kublai Kahn in China -
Jan 1, 1400
Caravel
made it possible to sail against the wind -
Jan 1, 1419
Prince Henry founds navigation school
Portugal took the lead in European exploration. Beginning in 1420, under the sponsorship of Prince Henry the navigator, Portuguese fleets began probing southward along the western coast of Africa. -
Jan 1, 1460
Portuguese
Portuguese have trading post in west Africa -
Jan 1, 1488
Dias
sailed around the southern tip of Africa -
Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus tried to find a fast route to Asia but finds Americas instead. -
May 1, 1498
Vasco de Gama sails to India
In May of 1498 Vasco De Gama went around the cape and cut across the Indian Ocean to the coast of India. He arrived to Calicut, where he took on cargo of spices. He returned to Portugal and made a profit of several thousand precent. -
Jan 1, 1499
De Gama
De Gama returns to Portugal with valuable cargo -
Jan 1, 1509
Portugal
defeat Muslims and take over Indian Trade -
Jan 1, 1510
Portugal
Portugal captures goa port in Citu in India -
Jan 1, 1511
Portugal
seizes Malacca -
Dutch Navy
have more ships than any other nation -
Period: to
Dutch and English
begin moving into Asia -
Dutch
set up trade headquarters at Batavia
