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Jan 1, 1405
Zheng He takes his first voyage
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Jan 1, 1419
Prince Henry founds first navigation school
He founded this navigation school so he he could teach people how to be navigators and to find new places to explore -
Jan 1, 1433
Ming China adopts isolationist policy following Zheng He’s seventh voyage
They did this because they believed that they had everything they needed in China -
Jan 1, 1492
Christopher Columbus lands in Hispaniola
He was not the first one to find America but he made it very well known back home. -
Jan 1, 1494
Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas
This said who got what of America between Spain and Portugal -
Jan 1, 1498
Vasco da Gama reaches India
He linked Europe and Asia by water taking months, possibly years, less than the land route to get there. -
Tokugawa Ieyasu becomes shogun of Japan
He controlled foreign policy, the military, and feudal patronage. -
Manchus establish Qing Dynasty in China
This was the last imperial dynasty of China. The Qing dynasty lasted almost three centuries and formed the territorial base for the modern Chinese state.
