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The Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria sailed on August 3 1492 in search for a new ruit to Asia and its riches.
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Christopher Columbus and his crewship spotted land an island in the Caribbean thinking it was India. They were sailing in the Pinta.
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Americo Vespucci not as part of Asia but a new land. America was named after him.
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Portuguese explorer Pedro Alvares Cabral reached the shores of modern day Brazil and claimed as own.
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Ponce De Leon claimed modern day florida as his own.
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Spanish conquistadores led by Hernando Cortes settled in mexico looking to claim land.
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Magellan led and exploration with 250 men.
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nunes became the first european to gaze at the atlantic ocean.
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Magellans crew returned back to spain. but without him he died, and only 18 men arrived back. They were the first to sail accros the world.
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He concered the Ican empire.
