Europeans Explore the East!

By allieedenstrom
  • Jan 1, 1418

    Prince Hentry starts a navigation school

    Prince Hentry starts a navigation school
    Prince Henry started the first school for oceanic navigation. It also taught astronomical observatory. His school was in Sagres, Portugal. Students learned nagivation, map-making, and science, so they could sail down the west of Africa.
  • Jan 1, 1488

    Bartolomeu Dias rounds the southern tip of Africa

    Bartolomeu Dias rounds the southern tip of Africa
    The journey caused the explorers to discover the Cape of Good Hope. Because of this expodition, Europeans could trade with India and parts of Asia with out having to pass through the Middle East and deal with the expensive middlemen there.
  • Oct 1, 1492

    Christopher Columbus reaches the Caribbean

    Christopher Columbus reaches the Caribbean
    Christopher Columbus sailed and landed on a small island. He called this island San Salvador, and he believed he was in the Indies, or Indonesia and Malaysia. Columbus died thinking he was in the east by sailing west, but he actually discovered a “new world.”
  • Jun 1, 1494

    Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas

    Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas
    The Treaty of Tordesillas was agreed upon by the Spanish and the Portuguese. It was made to clear up confusion on newly claimed land in the New World that Columbus found.They devided the Western Hemisphere to stop the dispute.
  • May 1, 1498

    Vasco da Gama reaches the port of Calicut on the Indian Ocean

    Vasco da Gama reaches the port of Calicut on the Indian Ocean
    Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama complete his voyage to India. It was the first time anyone had travelled to India by sea from Europe. Vasco wanted to find a sea route to India because the land routes were blocked by the powerful Ottoman Empire.
  • Mar 1, 1521

    Ferdinand Magellan leads a Spanish expedition to the Philippines

    Ferdinand Magellan leads a Spanish expedition to the Philippines
    Magellan's was an explorer. Hi expedition landed on Homonhon island in the Philippines. He was the first European to reach the islands.

  • France sets up its own East India Company

    France sets up its own East India Company
    The Dutch East India Company was a chartered company. The States General of the Netherlands granted it a 21 year monopoly. This let it carry out colonial activities in Asia.

  • The Dutch establish a trading center on Java

    The Dutch establish a trading center on Java
    The irst permanent Dutch trading post in Indonesia was established in Banten. This is in northwest Java. Later on, there was another one established at Jayakarta.