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Age of European Exploration
European Exploration 15th-16th centuries
Prince Henry the Navigator (1394-1460)
A caravel with lateen sails
Goals: Gold, slaves, scientific curiosity
Voyages of Bartolomeu Dias
Vasco da Gama (1460-1524)
Vasco da Gama’s First Route to India
The Portuguese and the Indian Ocean
The Portuguese in China (in Macao, e.g.)
Afonso Albuquerque and The Moluccas
The Molucca (or Spice) Islands
Spices
Treaty of Tordesillas (1494)
Agreement between Spain and Portugal that establishes a line of demarcation so as to divide their discoveries in the New World and avoid conflict
Spanish conquistadors and explorers (Columbus, etc.)