European Explorers on the East

Prince Henry Set up Navigation Schools

Feb 1, 1418

The students were trained in science,navigation,map-making but they had to know this in order to sail the west of africa

Bartolomeu Dias rounds the southern tip of Africa

Feb 1, 1488

A quote by him is"to serve god and his Majesty, to give light to those that are darkness and to grow rich as all men desire to do. The first Portuguese sailor to try to reach Asia, but encountered a heavy storm and turned back.

Spanish monarchs sea route

Nov 29, 1492

Christopher Columbus convinced Spain to a finance

Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas

Sep 15, 1494

A 1494 agreement between Portugal and Spain.This declared the newly discovered lands to west of an imaginary line in the Atlantic Ocean would belong to spain

Vasco Da Gama

Sep 15, 1502

Portuguese explorer who began exploring in 1498 and later reached Cailcut

Ferdinand Magellan leads a Spanish expedition to the Philippines

Sep 15, 1521

Ferdinand Magellan with his crew were the first people sail around the world

The dutch establish a trading center o Java

Feb 1, 1603

They had to carry out colonial activities in Asia. This company was founded by the dutch in the early 17th century

France sets up its own East India company

Sep 9, 1664

The spice trade was dominated by the Portuguese who used libson as a staple port

Christopher Columbus

Sep 15, 2016

First European to reach the new world