1497 ⟶ Vasco da Gama's Voyage to India
1499: Vasco da Gama's first voyage from Europe to India and ...
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🚢 Bartolomeu Dias Rounds the Cape of Good Hope
Portuguese Navigator Bartolomeu Dias sails around the Cape of Good Hope.⟶
Age of ExplorationPortuguese EmpireMaritime HistoryTrade RoutesSpice TradeNavigationColonialism
Portugal🚢 Vasco da Gama's Voyage to India
1499: Vasco da Gama's first voyage from Europe to India and back.⟶
Age of ExplorationMaritime TradeSpice TradePortuguese EmpireIndian OceanColonialismMercantilismExploration
Portugal
India
Mozambique
Kenya
South Africa🚢 Portuguese Expedition to the Spice Islands
The first Portuguese exploratory expedition was sent eastward from Malacca (in present-day Malaysia) to search for the 'Spice Islands' (Maluku) led by Francisco Serrão. Serrão is shipwrecked but struggles on to Hitu (northern Ambon) and wins the favour of the local rulers.⟶
ExplorationMaritime HistorySpice TradePortuguese EmpireAge of ExplorationMaluku Islands
Malaysia
IndonesiaPortugal🚢 Jorge Álvares Lands in Macau, Opening Portuguese Trade
The Portuguese mariner Jorge Álvares lands at Macau, China, during the Ming dynasty.⟶
ExplorationTradeMing DynastyAge of ExplorationPortuguese EmpireMaritime HistoryColonialismMacau
ChinaPortugal🚢 Magellan Expedition's Cloves Trade with Maluku
November, Ferdinand Magellan's expedition reaches Maluku (in present-day Indonesia) and after trade with Ternate returns to Europe with a load of cloves.⟶
ExplorationSpice TradeColonialismMaritime HistoryAge of ExplorationTradePortuguese EmpireMaluku Islands
IndonesiaPortugal🚢 Dutch Fleet Reaches the Spice Islands
March, Leaving Europe the previous year, a fleet of eight ships under Jacob van Neck was the first Dutch fleet to reach the ‘Spice Islands’ of Maluku.⟶
Dutch East India CompanyExplorationSpice TradeMaritime HistoryMaluku IslandsAge of ExplorationColonialismMercantilism
NetherlandsIndonesia