EUROPEANS EXPLORE THE EAST

THE DUTCH ESTABLISH A TRADING CENTER

• It's often considered as the first true multinational corporation.
• The regional trade network was serviced by smaller ships.
• When VOC came to Asia, ships made the long distance trip back and forth from Europe.
• Their initial goal was to develop trade links for prized commodities such as pepper
• Some were traded only over short distances, while others traveled greater distances.

VASCO DE GAMA AND CALICUT ON INDIAN OCEAN

• Vasco de Gama becomes the first European to reach India
• aid of an Indian merchant he met there, he set off across the Indian Ocean.
• He was not greeted warmly by the Muslim merchants of Calicut.
• he led a squadron of ships to Calicut to avenge the massacre.
• he was sent as viceroy to India, but he fell ill and died in Cochin.

PRINCE HENERY STARTS A NAVIGATION SCHOOL

• Students gather there for mapmaking,ship building etc..
• Scientists and sea captains also gathered there.
• Oceanic navigation along with an astronomical observatory at Portugal.
• Prince Henry died in 1460.

BARTOLOMEU DIAS ROUND THE SOUTHERN TIP OF AFRICA

• opened the way for a sea route from Europe to Asia
• Dias’ ships rounded the perilous Cape of Good Hope
• increased trade with India and other Asian powers.
• It also prompted Genoan explorer Christopher Columbus (1451-1506)
• Portugal and other European nations already had long-established trade

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS REACHES THE CARIBBEAN

• He landed on the Caribbean thinking it was the East Indies.
• He encountered native Americans when he first arrived.
• Returned a number of times but with a different purpose.
• Instead of coming as an explorer he came a empire builder.

SPAIN AND PORTUGAL SIGN THE TREATY OF TORDESILLAS

• Portugal complained that the line gave too much to Spain.
• The line was moved farther west
• It means an agreement between Spain and Portugal
• Imaginary line in the Atlantic Ocean they would share.

FRANCE SETS UP ITS OWN EAST INDIA COMPANY

• East India Company sets up a trading post at Surat, West Coast of India.
• Dutch east India company established
• Trading post established by Britishers at Calcutta (Now Kolkata)
• Trading post established by Britishers at Madras (Now Chennai)

SPAIN BEGINS SETTLEMENTS IN THE PHILIPPEANS

• The Philippine archipelago was settled at least 30,000 years ago
• islands first came to the attention of Europeans with the Spanish expedition
• Habsburg Spain was a superpower and the center of the first global empire
• The beginnings of the empire

FERDINAND MAGELLAN LEADS A SPANISH EXPEDITION.

• a Portuguese in the service of the Spanish crown
• Magellan's expedition landed on Homonhon island in the Philippines.
• in 1519, only one ship (the Victoria) and 18 men returned
• After the Spain had celebrated Elcano’s return, King Charles