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Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Dec 31, 1400
Muslim and Italian merchants control trade between Europe and Asia
Do to Muslims owning trade the Europeans try to find different trade rounte. Since, before they would have to pay fees to cross. -
Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Dec 31, 1460
Prince Henry the Navigator
Prince Henry the Navigator sent people down to the African coast and had people make maps and make civilization. -
Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Dec 31, 1400
Ming Dynasty and exploration
Once Zheng He died China stopped going overseas to exploration and trade. -
Oct 12, 1492
Chrisptoher Columbus
In 1492 Chrisptopher Coulmbus sailed the ocean blue. He discovered America trying to sail to India. HE really landed in the Carribean. -
Jan 1, 1493
Line of Demarcation
The line of demarcation is when Spain and Portgual, splits up the world into two parts. One side is for Spain and the other side is for Portugal. Then the other countries wanted in so, that's what broke up the line of demarcation. -
Jan 1, 1497
Vasco De Gama
Vasco De Gama sailed around Africa. He did this becuase he didn't want to pay the fee's to get over to the Muslim part of the world to trade. He landed in Calicut. -
Jan 1, 1500
Pedro Alvarez Cabral
Alvarez conducted the first exploration of the northeast coast of South America. He claimed it for Portugal. He was the person who founded Brazil. -
Jan 1, 1502
Vasco De Gama
He went on a second expedition to India, attacked by Muslim traders. Two decades later he went back and died of an illness in 1524. -
Jan 1, 1511
Afonso de Albuquerque
Afonso de Albuquerque was the first European man to enter the Persian Gulf. Led the first European fleet into the Red Sea. -
Oct 29, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan
Organized the Spanish expedition from 1519 to 1522. This resulted in the first time people sailed around the whole Earth. -
Jan 1, 1521
Spain and the Philippines
Spain took over the Philipines. They took all of their wealth and spread Catholisim. -
Jan 1, 1522
Magellan’s Expedition
After Magaellan got murdered Juan SebastiÁn de Elcano led his journey around the world. It was Magaellan's journey but, since he got murdered he couldn't sail with his crew. But, send it was his crew they called it Magellans expedition. -
Jan 1, 1543
Portuguese and Japan
It was called the Nanban trade. It is where they tried to spread christianity. Each country got wealthier. -
The Happy Return
The happy return was with the Dutch. It was when their sailors came back from their journey's and bring back goods. Like spices, and wealth. -
The Dutch East India Company
It was when they tried to do trade in the Indian Ocean. they prospered through most of the 17th centruy. -
Japanese ban western merchants
This was a time where China and Japan allowed foreign traders to come.Since, the United States was prospering in the industrial revolution this, left China and Japan behind in technology.
