Chapter 19 section 1 - Europeans Explore the East

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Treaty of Tordesillas

An agreement between Portugal and Spain to divide newly discovered lands

Dutch East India Company

Government-chartered joint-stock company that controlled the spice trade in the East Indies.

Prince Henry of Portugal

He sought to increase the power of Portugal by seeking trade routes to the East by way of Africa

What were two main reasons for European exploration?

-- find new sources of wealth -- spread Christianity

Bartolomeu Dias

Portuguese explorer who led the first expedition to sail around the southern tip of Africa from the Atlantic

How did Spain and Portugal solve their differences over claims to new lands?

by agreeing to the Treaty of Tordesillas

Vasco da Gama

The first European to reach India by sea sailing around the tip of Africa.

How did the Dutch and English become Indian Ocean trading powers?

by establishing the East India Company


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