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Prince Henry conquers muslim city of Ceuta in North Africa
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Ottoman Empire captured the Byzantine Empire's capital, Constantinople (subsequently to be known as Istanbul) uder the control of Mehmed II
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Bartolomeu Dias explored Southeast coast of Africa and discovers Luanda in Angola
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Columbus landed on an island in the Bahamas in the Carribean and named it San Salvador
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Columbus conquered present day island of St. Croix
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Found new found land and Nova Scotia
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Vasco de Gama reached port of Calicut on the southwestern coast of India and discovers Mozambique
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Pedro Alvares Cabral reached the shores of modern day Brazil and claimed it
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At the height of its power (16th–17th century), the Ottoman empire spanned three continents, controlling much of Southeastern Europe, Western Asia and North Africa.
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Amerigo Vespucci traveled the eastern coast of South America and discovered the "new" world
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Sultan Selim I (1512–1520) dramatically expanded the Empire's eastern and southern frontiers by defeating Shah Ismail of Safavid Persia, in the Battle of Chaldiran, and Selim I established Ottoman rule in Egypt.
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Juan Ponce de Leon landed on the coast of modern-day Florida
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Portugese discover China
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Ottoman Turks defeat the Mamluks in the battle of Marj Dabiq and take control of Palestine.
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Ottoman armies conquer Syria and Egypt
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Magellan explored the island of Guam and southern end of South America
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Hernando Cortes landed shores of Mexico and carved out colonies in regions that would become Mexico, South America and the United States.
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Cortes conquers Aztec empire in Mexico
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Ferdinand Magellan arrived in the Phillipenes and settled there in 1565
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Giovanni de Verrazzano discovered what is today New York harbor
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Pizzaro conquers Incan empire in Peru.
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Jacques Cartier reached a gulf off the eastern coast of Canada and named it St.Lawrence
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In the east, the Ottomans took Baghdad from the Persians, gaining control of Mesopotamia
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Francisco Vasquez de Coronado led expedition thoughout present day Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Olkahoma, Kansas.
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Portugese discover Japan
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Created American Empire which included: New Spain ( Mexico and parts of Guatemala as well as other lands in Central and South America and the Carribbean
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Colonized Haiti, Guadeloupe and Martinique
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English settled in Barabados and Jamaica
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English reached coast of Virginia and founded Jamestown
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Samuel de Champlain founds Quebec
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Henry Hudson explored three waterways Hudson River, Hudson Bay, and Hudson Strait. He also claimed the regions along the waterways.
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Ruled the East Indies and Sri - Lanka
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The area around Hudson Bay became known as Netherlands
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Captured what are now the Netherlands, Antilles and Aruba from Spain
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Priest Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet explored the Great Lakes and Upper Mississippi River
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Sieur de la Salle explored lower Mississippi and claimed river valley for France and called it Louisiana in honor of King Louis XIV
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Ruled Indonesia and Cape of Good Hope
