Chronology

1271–1295 Marco Polo travels to China
1443 Portuguese establish first African trading post at Arguin
1492 Columbus lands on San Salvador
1494 Treaty of Tordesillas ratified
1518 Atlantic slave trade begins
1519–1522 Magellan's expedition circumnavigates the world
1521 Cortès conquers Aztec Empire
1533 Pizarro conquers Inca Empire
1571 Spanish establish port of Manila in the Philippines
1602 Dutch East India Company founded
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