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Prince Henry the Navigator starts a school for sailing in Portugal.
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Ottoman Turks capture the Middle Eastern city of Constantinople.
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Christopher Columbus makes his first voyage.
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Pope Alexander VI drawas the line of Demarcation.
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa reaches the Pacific Ocean.
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Hernando Cortes captures the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan.
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Spainn establishes New Spain with its captital at Mexico City.
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Spain estblishes Peru with its capital Lima.
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Samuel de Champlain establishes the French settlement of Quebec.
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La Salle reaches the Gulf of Mexico by sailing down the Mississippi River.
