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Age of Discovery

  • Period: Jan 1, 1394 to Jan 1, 1460

    Life of Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal

  • Bartolomeu Dias's Voyage around the Cape of Good Hope
    Jan 1, 1488

    Bartolomeu Dias's Voyage around the Cape of Good Hope

  • First Voyage of Chistopher Columbus to the Western Hemisphere
    Jan 1, 1492

    First Voyage of Chistopher Columbus to the Western Hemisphere

  • Treaty of Tordesillas
    Jan 1, 1494

    Treaty of Tordesillas

  • Vasco de Gama Returns from First Voyage to India
    Feb 4, 1499

    Vasco de Gama Returns from First Voyage to India

  • Brazil Claimed for Portugal by Pedro Alvarez de Cabral
    Jan 1, 1500

    Brazil Claimed for Portugal by Pedro Alvarez de Cabral

  • Smallpox Epidemic in the Caribbean
    Jan 1, 1518

    Smallpox Epidemic in the Caribbean

  • Period: Jan 1, 1519 to Jan 1, 1521

    Spanish Conquest of Mexico

  • Ferdinand Magellan's Ship Returns After Circumnavigating the Globe
    Jan 1, 1522

    Ferdinand Magellan's Ship Returns After Circumnavigating the Globe

  • Period: Jan 1, 1532 to Jan 1, 1540

    Spanish Conquest of Peru

  • Spanish Discovery of Potosi
    Jan 1, 1545

    Spanish Discovery of Potosi

  • Spanish Complete Conquest of Philippines
    Jan 1, 1575

    Spanish Complete Conquest of Philippines

  • Foundation of Port Royal (Nova Scotia)

    Foundation of Port Royal (Nova Scotia)

  • Foundation of Jamestown

    Foundation of Jamestown

  • Foundation of Quebec

    Foundation of Quebec

  • Foundatio of New Amsterdam

    Foundatio of New Amsterdam

  • Foundation of the Massachusetts Bay Colony

    Foundation of the Massachusetts Bay Colony

  • Smallpox Epidemic on Guam

    Smallpox Epidemic on Guam

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    Captain James Cook's Exploration of the Pacific Ocean

  • Establishment of the First European Colony in Australia

    Establishment of the First European Colony in Australia