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Aug 3, 1492
They Set Sail
Columbus set sail for the west with three small ships. -
Oct 12, 1492
They found land!!!
After many months of sailing, and with many things running low, they finally spotted land. -
Oct 14, 1492
Christopher Cloumbus reaches the Carribean
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Jan 19, 1497
There goes Da Gama.
He set sail, leading four ships around rge Cape of Good Hope. -
Nov 19, 1497
Damn, that was a long voyage.
After a ten month sail, Da Gama reached the great spice port of Calicut, on the west coast of India. -
Jan 19, 1502
Da Gama got mean
He got greedy and wanted to get more money. He forced a treaty on the ruler of Calicut. Then he left to find more money, and riches. -
Jan 19, 1514
Portuguese Ships.
Portuguese ships reached China from their base in Malacca. -
Sep 20, 1519
There goes Ferdinand.
Ferdinand Magellan set out from Spain with five ships to find a way to reach the Pacific. -
Nov 19, 1520
Magellan entered a bay!
Magellan's ships entered a bay at the southeren tip of South America. This led the way to finding the passage that was later called the Strait of Magellan. -
Jan 19, 1521
There he goes again.
Magellan had claimed the archipelago for Spain in 1521. -
Sep 8, 1522
Finally they made it!
After nearly three years of sailing, the survivors- one ship and 18 sailors- finally reached Spain. -
Europeans wrote.
A European visitor described Chinese artisians "cleverly making devices out of gold, silver, and other metals". -
Dutch and Amsterdam
A Dutch fleet returned to Amsterdam from Asia after a year's absence. -
The making of the DEIC
A group of weathy merchants formed the Dutch East India Company. -
Dutch captures! OH MY!
The Dutch captured Malacca from the Portuguese and opened trade with China.
