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Builds schools for sailors.
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Turkish Empire cuts off the land route for spices from Asia to Europe. Search for sea route begins.
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Bartholomeu Dias discovers the southern tip of Africa.
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Columbus sails to the New World.
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John Cabot discovers Newfoundland while he searches for the Northwest Passage.
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Amerigo Vespucci returns from his explorations of the New World. American continents named after him by German mapmaker.
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa discovers the eastern shore of the Pacific Ocean. Juan Ponce de Leon searches for the Fountain of Youth in Florida.
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Ferdinand Magellan and his crew sail around the world.
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Hernando Cortez defeats the Aztec Empire
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Francisco Pizarro defeats the Inca Empire.
