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European Explorations of the East

By hayleejansen
  • Sep 14, 1415

    Ceuta in North Africa

    Portugal travels to North africa and takes control of ceuta.
  • Sep 13, 1488

    Cape of good hope

    Bartholomew traveled to cape of good hope, the tip of africa.
  • Sep 13, 1497

    India

    Vasco da gama traveled on a new route to India for trading but he didn't enough valuable things to trade
  • Aug 24, 1511

    Malaca

    Portugal takes control of Malaca and then gets Asia as and ally
  • Sep 14, 1521

    Philippines

    Ferdinand Magellan sailed from Spain to the Philippines and which stared an era called the Spanish era.
  • Sep 14, 1526

    New Guinea

    Jorge de Meneses discovers New Guinea and becomes the first european to set foot there. He names it Ilhas dos Papuas but was renamed.
  • Sep 14, 1565

    Caroline islands of Micronesia

    The Spanish had started to discover the Caroline islands in 1565 but later on sold them to the germans
  • Sep 14, 1567

    Solomon Islands

    Alvero Mendana was a spanish navigator who discovered the Solomon Islands

  • Tasmania and New Zealand

    Abel Tasman was a dutch who sailed south of Australia and discovered Tasmania and New Zealand

  • parts of Australia, Island Southeast Asia, and the Bismarck Archipelago.

    William Dampier was British and discovered parts of Australia, Island Southeast Asia, and the Bismarck Archipelago.