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Period: Jan 1, 1096 to Jan 1, 1270
crusades
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Jan 1, 1275
marco polo
Marco Polo meets Kublai Khan in China -
Jan 1, 1400
contact with Asia
Desire for contact with Asia -
Jan 27, 1400
sailing
caravel makes it possible to sail against the wind -
Jan 1, 1419
prince Henry
prince henry finds navigation school -
Jan 1, 1460
Portugal
Portuguese have trading posts along west coast of Africa -
Jun 7, 1480
treaty
Treaty of tordesillas pope divides Americas between Spain and Portugal -
May 1, 1488
Dias sailing
Dias sails around southern tip of Africa -
Oct 12, 1492
Christopher columbus
spanish Columbus tries to find fast route to Asia but finds America instead -
Jul 1, 1498
vasco sails to india
Vasco de Gama sails to India -
Jan 1, 1499
da gama returns
De gama returns to Portugal with valuable cargo -
Jan 1, 1509
muslims defeated
Portugal defeats Muslims and takes over India trade -
Feb 17, 1510
Goa, port captured
Portugal captures Goa, port city in India -
Jan 1, 1511
Malacca gets seized
Portugal seizes Malacca -
Dutch ships
Dutch have more ships (20,000) that any other nation -
Period: to
17th century
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Dutch sets up trade
Dutch set up trade headquarters at Batavia
