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Portuguese explorers with the help of prince henry discover and settle in Madeira starting the expansion of Portugal -
dias becomes the first European to travel around the bottom tip of Africa making a sea route to india -
Christopher Columbus on his path to find Spain ended up landing in the Caribbean and starts European colonization of the americas. -
john Cabot who was heading for England landed in Newfoundland giving England claim of north america -
da gamba finds route to India allowing for trade between Europe and asia -
while making their way to India Cabral lands in Brazil claiming the land for Portugal -
balboa becomes the first European to view the Pacific Ocean from the americas -
Ferdinand marks the first circumnavigation of the world however he died en route. -
Francisco captures and conquers then Incan emperor ruling Spanish over peru -
cartier claims Canada (modern-day) for France mapping the St. Lawrence river -
drake makes himself the first Englishman to circumnavigate the world while raiding Spanish ships simultaneously. -
Raleigh try’s to create the first English colony but it just disappears -
England establishes its first permanent colony in Virginia allowing for further expansion at later dates -
Champlain establishes the first permanent French settlement in North America -
the French map the Mississippi, expanding Frances territorial claims -
cavalier and Salle make their way down the Mississippi and claim Louisiana