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Jan 31, 1418
Prince Henry starts a navigation school.
Prince Henry Started a navigation school in. He did this so that children and young adults had better knowledge of sailing, had training in navigation, mapmaking, and science in order to sail down the West Africa. -
Jan 31, 1488
Bartolomeu Dias rounds the southern tip of Africa
Bartolomeu Dias reached what was believed back then to be the southern tip of Africa. They named it Cape od Good Hope. -
Feb 2, 1492
Christopher Columbus reaches the Caribbean
Columbus reached the Carribean around 1492 and named the place where he found the island San Salavador. After a few month of sailing around the carribeans, he left some of his men with a set of instructions on how to treat the natives with respect, and he later left for Spain. -
Feb 2, 1494
Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas
The Treaty of Torsedillas was a treaty between Portugal and Spain in 1494. They agreed to divide the Western hemisphere between them. It was created to prevent conflict between Spain and Portugal for whhich land they should receive discovered by Christopher Columbus. -
Aug 31, 1498
Vasco da Gama reaches the port of Calicut on the Indian Ocean
Vasco De Gama reached the port of Calicut in 1498. When they went back to Portugal on a 3 month journey, many of his men died from scurvy. -
Mar 16, 1521
Ferdinand Magellan leads a Spanish expedition to the Philippines
Ferdinad Magellan reached the island of Homonhon in the Philippines. They traded gifts with Rajah Kolambu of Limaswa ,who helped guide them around Cebu. Rajah Kloambu accepted them with hospitality, but Lapu- Lapu did not welcome them the same. -
Feb 13, 1565
Spain begins settlements in the Philippines
With the arrival of Miguel Lopez De Legazpi, Spanish settlement began. They established the first settlement of San Miguel on the island of Cebu. THe expedition continued northward, and they reached the bay of Manila on June 24 1571. -
The Dutch established a trading center in Java
In 1619, The Dutchestablished a trading center in Java. Establishing this trading centers helped the commercial success of the Dutch. -
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. It planned by Jean-Baptiste Colbert and was chartered by King Louis XIV
