Events
Christopher Columbus
sails to AmericaThe Caravel was invintedFounded the school of navigationPortal set up trading routes along the cost of AfricaPortuguese captain Bartolomeu
Dias sailed around the tip of Africa
before returning homeCaptain Vasco da Gama sailed
around the tip of Africa and made
the first water based trip to IndiaSpain and Portugal signed
the Treaty of Tordesillas saying
they would both agree to
this imaginary linPortugal set up a colony in Brazil, their one
American Land (besides Greenland)
given to them by the Treaty of TordesillasPortugal captured Goa, and
established that colony as their
trade empire in IndiaPortugal built a fort at Hormuz,
with the express purpose of
keeping Muslim Caliphate traders
from entering Arabia and Europe
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