Age of Exploration

By Padillj20
  • Period: Jan 1, 1400 to

    Age of Exploration

  • Feb 4, 1420

    Prince Henry

    Known as "The Navigator," Prince Henry's first goal was to find gold for Portugal. By the 1430s they were moving southward along the west coast of Africa. There they began to trade for slaves, gold, and ivory.
  • Feb 4, 1488

    Bartolomeu Dias

    Sailed around the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa. Although Dias had to turn back, he had found the route to the Indian Ocean.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1493 to Dec 31, 1504

    Columbus' Voyages

    Christopher Columbus made three more voyages to the "Indies." For the rest of his life, he believed that he had landed off the coast of Asia.
  • Feb 4, 1493

    Pope Alexander VI

    Issued an edict in 1493 drawing an imaginary line from north to south through the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Half would go to Spain, the other Portugal.
  • Feb 4, 1498

    Vasco da Gama

    Sailed eastward across the Indian Ocean. He landed in India in 1498. Several years later, da Gama made a second voyage to India. He returned to Portugal, his ships full of valuable goods.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1500 to

    Spain's Food

    Prices of Food increased many times in Spain.
  • Feb 4, 1511

    Hernán Cortés

    With 11 ships and 600 men, he invaded Mexico, seized the Aztec ruler Moctezuma II, (also known as Montezuma) captured and destroyed the great Aztec city of Tenochtitlán. He and his men would then build Mexico City.
  • Feb 4, 1513

    Vasco Núñez de Balboa

    Originally from Spain, he made an overland crossing of the Isthmus of Panama. Reaching a vast ocean, he named it the South Sea and claimed it for Spain.
  • Feb 4, 1513

    Ponce de León

    A Spanish explorer who sailed northward to what is now Florida
  • Period: Feb 4, 1556 to

    Philip II Reign

    King Philip II of Spain ruling until his death.
  • Feb 4, 1568

    William of Orange

    Led a revolt against Philip
  • Feb 4, 1580

    Portugal

    Was annexed by Spain.

  • Dutch East India Company

    The Dutch East India Company was founded. It had total control over trading between the Netherlands and the East Indies.

  • Portugal's Independence

    Regained its Independence, however trade and its oversea colonies were hindered under Spainsh control. Its only remaining colonies are Brazil and Angola.