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# History of Exploration and Trade ## Prince Henry * Founded a navigation school/funds explorations * This government backing allowed Portugal to lead the way * Motivated by personal experience with the riches/wealth found in the cast * Helped conquer the city of Cuétoa in North Africa * Establish...

# History of Exploration and Trade ## Prince Henry * Founded a navigation school/funds explorations * This government backing allowed Portugal to lead the way * Motivated by personal experience with the riches/wealth found in the cast * Helped conquer the city of Cuétoa in North Africa * Established a series of trading posts along the west coast of Africa ## Bartholomeu Dias * Made it all the way to the tip of southern Africa (known as the Cape of Good Hope) * Storm kept him and the crew from making it all the way to India ## Vasco da Gama * Reached India in 1498 * The cargo they brought back was worth 60 times the cost of the voyage ## 1492 Columbus * Actually reaches the Caribbean * Growing tension between Portugal and Spain * Pope Alexander VI's line of demarcation in 1493 * Was moved further west * Agreement known as the Treaty of Tordesillas * Portugal broke Muslim-Italian domination/monopoly on trade ## 1509 Portugal * Defeated Muslim fleet off of the coast of India with cannons * Took over spice lands ## 1600s * By 1600, Spain, Netherlands (Dutch), and Britain had established colonies and trade routes. * Spain: Philippines, parts of North & South America * Dutch: Spice Islands (Indonesia), Cape of Good Hope, Dutch East India Company