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Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Jan 1, 1499
muslim and italian merchants control trade beetween Europe and asia
Europeans have to find sea routes to asia because if they cross over land they would have to pay the muslims who controlled land trade. -
Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Jan 1, 1499
prince henry the navigator
was a Portuguese royal prince funds the exploration -
Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Jan 1, 1499
Ming Dynasty and exploration
after he died china stopped funding overseas trade. and started very strict traiding rules. -
Jan 1, 1493
Line of Demarcation
was a line drawn by pope alexander VI to divide new lands claimed by Portugal from those of Spain. -
Jan 1, 1497
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama led a fleet of ships with a crew of 170 men They traveled around Africa to India and back. -
Jan 1, 1511
Afonso de Albuquerque
Alfonso travelled to malacca and stated he came in peice but then turned on the indians and settled there while conquer the water traiding route. -
Jan 1, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan
sets sail from Spain in to find a western sea route to the sets sail to Indonisia while In charge of five ships and 270 men, -
Jun 1, 1521
Spain and the Philippines
spain concord the philipines and began to spread there cathlic religion then started building a trading emprie -
Jan 1, 1522
Magellan’s Expedition
17 other Europeans, and four Indians survived to reach Spain in September 1522. -
Jan 1, 1543
Portuguese and Japan
portugal established a trading empire in asia and used violence agianst the indians. alfonso de alburqurque was the man that leed this expodition -
The Happy Return
The Happy Return to Amsterdam took years they reaturned with lots of money from trade. -
The Dutch East India Company
the duch had a monopoly on trade of spice.and had established a charter company in 1602.known as a dutch east india company. -
Japanese ban western merchants
japan welcomed western people at first after learning about what had happend to the phillipines japan closed all trade with the outside then relifted this policy iyears later -
Christopher Columbus
in 1492 he was tring to find an all water route to asia. He never di fing that route and ended up in the americas.
