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Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Jan 1, 1499
Europeans seek seas route to Asia
Muslims and Italians are charging a high price for them to trade over land. They control the land where Europeans would go across to trade. -
Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Jan 1, 1499
Prince Henry the Navigator
He was not an actually navigator. He was a Portuguese soilder for Portugal. He iscovered new lands. -
Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Jan 1, 1499
Ming Dynasty and exploration
After Zheng He died China banned trade overseas. They stopped making boats and stuff to get across the ocean to trade to other places. China could only trade in certain seasons. By the 1600s the Ming Dynasty was decayed. -
Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus
He was an Italian explorer. He founded the Americas because he thought he could sail from Spain and end up in Asia. -
Jan 1, 1493
Line of Demarcation
Pope Alexandar VI made. It was a invisible lane that split the new lands that Portugal claimed and new lands that Spain claimed. -
Jan 1, 1497
Vasco da Gama
He went on an expedition and landed in South Africa. There was 148 men on a ship in the Tagus RIver -
Jan 1, 1500
Pedro Alvarez Cabral
He was Portugues and sailed for Portugal. He was the first European to see Brazil. -
Oct 30, 1502
Vasco da Gama
He took his second trip to India. When he was there he clashed with Muslim traders. -
Jan 1, 1511
Alfonso de Albuquerque
He was a Portguese soilder. He conqured Melaka. He also sent ships to search for spices -
Sep 20, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan
He sailed 5 ships out from the Atlantic with about 250 men. The 5 ships were called the San Antonio, Trinidad, Concepcion, Victoria, and Santiago. -
Oct 30, 1521
Spain and the Philippines
Spain conquered the Philippines on March 17, 1521. They came to the Philippines to spread Catholicism. The Spanish also established the trading empire, -
Sep 6, 1522
Magellan’s Expedition
He founded a route to the Spice Islands. He sailed across the Indian Ocean and around the Cape of Good Hope. Then he arrived at the Spanish Port. -
Oct 30, 1543
Portuguese and Japan
Portugal conquered through the use of force and violence. Portugal established the trading empire in Southeast Asia. Japan eventually forbid western merchants and forbid Japanese from traveling abroad -
The Happy Return
The Happy Return was a year long absence results in a significant amount of wealth and spices for Dutch. -
The Dutch East India Company
The United East Indian Company. The British reffered to it as The DUrch East India Company. -
Japanese ban western merchants
After they learned about what happened to the Philippines by the Spanish, Japan forbid western merchants and forbid Japanese from traveling abroad. They didn't let anyone make boats or way way for them to get over seas.