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Mar 12, 1488
diaz reaches tip of africa
Dias's expedition reached its furthest point on 12 March 1488 -
Oct 12, 1492
columbus makes it to the caribean
Christopher Columbus made landfall in what is now the Bahamas. Columbus and his ships landed on an island that the native Lucayan Taino people called Guanahani. Columbus re-named it San Salvador. -
Period: Nov 11, 1497 to Nov 12, 1499
vasco de gama makes it to india
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Period: Nov 11, 1502 to Nov 12, 1580
African slave trade
Portuguese and Spanish empires; it accounted for slightly more than 3% of all Atlantic slave trade. in about 1502 -
Sep 1, 1513
balboa makes it to the pacific
becoming the first European to lead an expedition to have seen or reached the Pacific from the New World. -
Feb 11, 1519
cortez makes it mexico
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Period: Sep 20, 1519 to Nov 12, 1521
magellans trip around the world
On September 20, 1519, Magellan set sail from Spain in an effort to find a western sea route to the rich Spice Islands of Indonesia. -
Aug 29, 1533
pizarro defeats the incas
the Inca capital fell without a struggle -
Jul 11, 1534
new france is founded
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first permanent settlement
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french and Indian war
