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Christopher Columbus reaches America.
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Defeats the English at Frenchtown of Orleans.
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Bartholomeu reaches Indian Ocean.
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Queen Isabella of Spain sponsored Columbus on his first Voyage.
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Columbus spotted land, named it San Salvador, and claimed it for Spain.
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Sails to Newfoundland.
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Vasco da Gama sailed around the Cape of Good Hope.
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Amerigo Vespucci mapped South America's coastline.
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Juan Ponce de Leon landed on the coast of present day Florida looking for gold and the "fountain of youth".
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Crosses the Isthumus of Panama.
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Ferdinand Magellan, sailing from Spain, found a passage to the Pacific, The Strait of Magellan.
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Hernan Cortes conquered the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan.
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Magellan's crew completes first world voyage.
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He captured the Inca ruler Atahalpa and later gained control of the Inca empire.
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Claims Canada for France.
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De Soto crosses the Mississippi River.
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Englands defeats Spanish Armada.
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Jamestown was settled.
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Sails the Hudson River.
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Pilgims found Plymouth.
