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Portugal conquered Cueta.
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Prince Henry founded the first school for oceanic navigation.
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On August 3rd, he left Spain in search of an all-water route to Asia.
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Francisco Pizarro was a Spanish conquistador who led the Spanish conquest of Peru.
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Dias led the fist European expedition to round the Cape of Good Hope.
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The Treaty of Tordesillas is an agreement between Portugal and Spain that is aimed towards settling conflicts in lands that were recently found by Christopher Colombus and other 15th-century voyagers.
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Ferdinand Magellan launched a Spanish expedition where he completed the first circumnavigation.
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Hernan Cortes, a Spanish Conquistador, took over the Aztec Empire
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Sent to India as a viceroy, but he died in Cochin.
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Sir Frances Drake was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe.
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Lorde Charles Howard and Sir Frances Drake commanded the English naval force to defeat the "Invincible Armada".
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The first slaves were disembarked at Point Comfort, which today is Hampton Roads.