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Period: 1501 to
Most of the 1500's
Portugal controlled spice trade between Europe and Asia -
1510
1510
The Portuguese seized the island of Goa off the coast of India, making it their military and commercial base -
Period: 1510 to 1560
1510-1560
Portugal built trading empire in Southeast Asia -
Period: 1510 to 1560
In less than 50 years...
The Portuguese had built a trading empire with military and merchant outposts -
1511
1511
Portugal takes island of Malacca under Albuquerque -
1521
1521
Magellan had claimed the archipelago (Philippines) for Spain -
Period: 1521 to 1571
Within about 50 years...
Spain had conquered and colonized the Philippine Islands -
1526
1526
Mughal empire started and for over 200 years it was peaceful, prosperous, and strong. King Affonso I writes a complaint letter to King John III of Portugal -
1599
A Dutch fleet returned to Amsterdam from Asia -
1602
A group of wealthy Dutch merchants formed the Dutch East India Company -
1641
Dutch captured Malacca from Portuguese and opened trade with China -
Period: to
In the 1700's...
The growing power of England and France contributed to the decline of the Dutch trading empire in the East -
Mid 1700's
The British and French had become locked in a bitter struggle for global power -
Period: to
Late 1700's
Britain had used its great wealth to dominate much of India -
1900
The Dutch maintained an empire in India
