SECTION 1 - The Search for Spices

I.

Motivations for Exploring the Seas

II. Portugal Sails East

III. Columbus Sails West

IV. The Search for a Direct Route Continues

SECTION 2 - Turbulent Centuries in Africa

I.

Portugal Gains Footholds

II. The African Slave Trade Explodes

III. New African States Arise

IV. The European Presence Expands

SECTION 3 - European Footholds in South & Southeast Asia

I.

Portugal Builds an Eastern Empire

II. Rise of the Dutch

III. Spain Seizes the Philippines