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Jan 31, 1418
Prince Henry starts a navigation school.
He started the first school of oceanic navigation. They learned many things from map making, to how to get around the ocean. -
Jan 31, 1487
Bartolomeu Dias rounds the southern tip of africa.
Bartolomeu Dias was a knight of the royal court, and superintendent of the royal warehouses. He was a master at sailing and discovered a passage around the southern tip of africa which made trading easier. -
Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus reaches the Carribean
When he reached the Carribean he landed on a small island that he named San Salvador. He died believeing that he had reached the east by sailing west, but really discovered a new world. -
Jun 7, 1494
Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas
The Treaty of Tordesillas split the discovered lands out side of Europe between the two countrys. They had many dissagreements that it was not split fairly. -
Jan 31, 1498
Vasco Da Gama reached the port of Calicut
Vasco da Gama and his sailors were amazed by the spices and furs that they had came acrossed when they arrived. After he came acrossed these spices and furs they began to trade for them. -
Jan 1, 1564
• Ferdinand Magellan leads a Spanish expedition to the Philippines
King Charles I decided that Spain should take over the phillipines so he sent a bunch of explorers to try and reach the phillipines. Only him and one other person made it there. -
Feb 13, 1565
Spain begins settlements in the Philippines
Spains settlement started when Miguel Lopez de Legazpi arrived in spain. He established the first permanant settlement of San Miguel on the island Cebu -
Dutch established a trading center on java
He was the first multicultural corporation in the world., Has been a charted company since 1602 -
French starts their own East India Company
France created there own East India Company to compete with the British, Dutch, and East India Companys. It was planned by Jean Babtiste Colbert, and charted by King Louis XIV
