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Sep 27, 1418
Prince Henry starts a navigation school
Portuguese royal prince, soldier, and patron of explorers. -
May 1, 1488
Bartolomeu Dias rounds the southern tip of Africa
Showed Europeans that there was a possible trade route around the southern tip of Africa. This helped develop a wind system to help sailors after him. -
May 1, 1492
Christopher Columbus reaches the Caribbean
At first, he thought that he had reached East Asia. Set sail from Palos, Spain. He established a small colony here with 39 of his men. -
May 1, 1492
Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas
The purpose of this treaty was to clear up any confusion about newly claimed lands. The Portugese also wanted to protect their trade route to Africa. -
Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus landed in the Caribbean
Chirstopher coloumbus comes across the caribbeans -
Jan 5, 1497
Vasco da Gama reaches the port of Calicut on the Indian Ocean
Vasco reaches his destination -
Feb 1, 1521
Ferdinand Magellan leads a Spanish expedition to the Philippines
In 1521, Magellan's expedition landed on Homonhon island in the Philippines. He was the first European to reach the islands. Rajah Humabon of Cebu was friendly with Magellan and embraced Christianity, but their enemy, Lapu-Lapu was not. -
Jan 31, 1571
Spain begins settlements in the Philippines
The expedition continued northward reaching the bay of Manila on the island of Luzon on June 24, 1571, where they established a new town and thus began an era of Spanish colonization that lasted for more than three centuries -
The Dutch establish a trading center on Java
When the States-General of the Netherlands granted it a 21-year monopoly to carry out colonial activities in Asia. -
France sets up its own East India Company
it was a commercial enterprise, founded in 1664 to compete with the British and Dutch East India companies in colonial India.
