Age of exploration

Age of Exploration Timeline

By z-man1256
  • May 20, 1498

    Vasco da Gama reaches India after rounding Africa

    Vasco da Gama reaches India after rounding Africa
    The fleet arrived in Kappad near Calicut, India on 20 May 1498. The King of Calicut, the Saamoothiri (Zamorin), who was at that time staying in his second capital at Ponnani, returned to Calicut on hearing the news of the European fleets's arrival.
  • Sep 6, 1522

    Megellan’s ship the Vittoria completes the first circumnavigation of the globe

    Megellan’s ship the Vittoria completes the first circumnavigation of the globe
    On 6 September 1522, Elcano and the remaining crew of Magellan's voyage arrived in Spain aboard the last ship in the fleet, Victoria, almost exactly three years after they departed. Magellan had not intended to circumnavigate the world, only to find a secure way through which the Spanish ships could navigate to the Spice Islands; it was Elcano who, after Magellan's death, decided to push westward, thereby completing the first voyage around the entire Earth.