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CHAPTER TIMELINE
Portugal
Spain
France
Netherlands
England
Spanish conquest of Mexico
Pizarro’s conquest of Inca
Dutch fort established at Batavia
1450
Dias sails around tip of Africa
Voyages of Columbus
1500 1550 1600
Portuguese seize Malacca
Portuguese arrive in Japan
First boatload of African slaves to America
1650 1700 1750 1800
Canada becomes property of French crown
Dutch seize Malacca from Portuguese
English seize New Netherland
English establish trading post at Canton
Battle of Plassey
British mission to China
CHAPTER REVIEW
Upon Reflection
Q How did the experiences of the Spanish and Portuguese during the age of exploration differ from those of their French, Dutch, and English counterparts?
Q What role did religion play as a motivation in the age of exploration? Was it as important as the economic motive? Why or why not?
Key Terms
conquistadors (p. 334) encomienda (p. 336) viceroy (p. 337) triangular trade (p. 338) Middle Passage (p. 338)
Suggestions for Further Reading
GENERAL WORKS For general accounts of European discov- ery and expansion, see G. V. Scammell, The First Imperial
Q Why and how did Japan succeed in keeping Europeans largely away from its territory in the seventeenth century?
Columbian Exchange (p. 339) price revolution (p. 351) joint stock company (p. 352) mercantilism (p. 353)
Age: European Overseas Expansion, c. 1400–1715 (London, 1989); D. Arnold, Age of Discovery, 2d ed. (London, 2002);
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