Events
1440: Portueguese begin buying African slaves1515: Trade between Portugal and Goa1543: Portugal makes contact with Japan1545: Spain begins silver mining at Potosi1600: English East India Company founded1602: Dutch East India
Company chartered1606: Virginia Company established1611: Amsterdam stock
exchange opens1621: Dutch West India Company chartered1672: Royal African Company Chartered1641: Dutch West India Company controls Luanda port1696: Russia controls port of Azov1690: Brazil starts gold mining1729: Diamonds discovered in Brazil1517: Portuguese arrive in China1719-1720: Mississippi Company bubble in France
1720: South Sea Company bubble in England1694: Bank of England created1609: The Exchange Bank of Amsterdam created1530: Sugar introduced in Brazil1469: Fernão Gomes establishes sugar plantation on São ToméPeriods
1502-1860s: Transatlantic slave trade1636-7: Tulip bubble in Holland
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