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In 1488, Portugese captain Bartolomeu Dias ventured far down the coast of Africa.
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In 1492, Christopher Columbus, an Italian sea captain, set sail with 3 ships and 100 men to find a route to Asia.
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In 1497, Vasco De Gama began exploring the east African coast.
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In 1497, Cabot found Newfoundland and Nova Scotia.
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In 1498, Vasco De Gama reached the port of Calicut on the southwestern coast of India.
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In 1499, the Potugese sailors filled their ships with goods and spices which were from Calicut, and returned to Portugal. This voyage also helped them by giving Portugal a direct sea route to India.
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In 1500, Cabral claimed Brazil for Portugal.
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In 1510, the Portugese captured Goa, a port city on India's west coast.
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In 1513, Balboa was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean.
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In 1519, a Spaniard named Hernando Cortes landed on the shores of Mexico (Tenochtitlan).
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In 1521, a Spanish expedition led by Ferdinand Magellan arrived in the Phillippines.
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In 1521, Cortes conquered the Aztec Empire.
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In 1524, Verrazzano discovered what is today the New York harbor.
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In 1532, Pizarro marched a small force into South America, which lasted for over a year.
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In 1533, Pizarro marched on the Incan captial, Cuzco, and captured it.
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In 1534, Cartier foun Montreal.
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In 1565, Spain claimed the islands of the Phillippines, and began settling them.
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In late 1606, the company's three ships and more than 100 settlers pushes out of an English harbor.
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The three ships reached the coast of Virginia, and the colonists claimed it to be theirs. They named the settlement Jamestown in honor of their king.
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In 1608, Champlain claims Quebec for France.
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In 1609, Henry hudson, an English man in the service of Netherlands, sailed west and found three waterways which were later claimed by the Dutch
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In 1620, a group known as the Pilgrims, established a large colony nearby Massachusetts Bay.
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In 1634, the Dutch captured what are now the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba from Spain.
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In 1673, French Jesuit priest Jacques Marquette and trader Louis Joilet explored the Great Lakes and the upper Mississippi River.
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In 1798, Napoleon started a French campaign in Egypt.
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In 1798, Champlain discovered the Rasheed stone that led him to identifying the Egyptian hieroglyphic language.
