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Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Jan 1, 1499
Europeans seek sea route to Asia
The muslum and the italians are trying to discover a way to get to Asia without going on land because they dont allow it. -
Period: Oct 30, 1400 to Oct 30, 1499
Henrt the navigator
A Portuguese prince, helped bring in both the Age of Discovery and the Atlantic slave trade.He captured several Africans and brought them back to Portugal -
Period: Oct 30, 1400 to Oct 30, 1499
Ming Dynasty and exploration
Zhu Yuanzhang claimed the Mandate of Heaven in 1366 and established the Ming Dynasty ruled their empire for 300 years with private trade and industry with Europeans. It fell due to internal rebellion. -
Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus
He discovered a "new world"of the America. It was sponsored by King Ferdinand of Spain. -
Oct 29, 1493
Line of Demarcation
The Line was defiened by pope Alexander VI. Its between the Spanish and Portugese. Spain won control of lands west of the line and the portugal gained rights to the new lands to the east. -
Jul 8, 1497
Vasco da Gama
He lead the expedition to India in 1497.He captained a team of four ships including his.All just to find a sailing route to India and the East. -
Oct 29, 1500
Pedro Alvarez Cabral
Portugese navigator who was the first european to reach Brazil. Became supreme comand of 13 ships. -
Oct 29, 1502
Vasco de Gama
In 1502, Vasco da Gama steered another journey to India that included 20 ships. Ten of the ships were directly under his control and his uncle and nephew doing the others. -
Oct 29, 1511
Afonso de Albuquerque
He captured Malacca from a base he controled the trade from the East Indies and the coast of China. During his governorship Portuguese ships touched on the coast of China and sailed to some of the islands of the East Indies gaining ships power in the east. -
Oct 29, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan
He set out from Spain in search of fame and fortuneIn search of fame and fortune, With five ships to discover a western sea route to the spice Islands.He found the Pacfic Ocean instead. -
Mar 16, 1521
spain and the philipines
It started when Ferdinand Magellan sailed for Spain. The first thing they saw was the mountains of Samar. -
Sep 6, 1522
Magellan's exposition
After Magellan’s death, the survivors, in two ships, sailed on to the Moluccas and loaded the hulls with spice.Barrameda on becoming the first ship to circumnavigate the globe. -
Jan 1, 1543
Portugese and Japan
The Portuguese arrived in Japan. The Portuguese started trading with the Japanese.Then after that the Japanese learned how to make guns and the portugese brought tabacco and sweet patatos. -
The Happy Return
The Happy Return to Amsterdam of Jacob Cornelisz can Nexks secound Expedition to East Indies. -
The Dutch East Indian Company
To spread risk evenly and to regulate the trade with Asia,the Dutch established a company called the Dutch East India Company. It was the first public company to issue negotiable shares and it developed into one of the biggest and most powerful trading and shipping concerns. -
Japanese ban western merchants
The Japanese started out welcoming western traders. However as time went on they eventually forbided western merchants and forbid Japanese from traveling abroad.