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In 1000 C.E Leif Erikkson lead a group of vikings to a land he heard about since he was a kid.
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Marco traveled with his father and his uncle to many places.
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Europeans traded tons of things with the Asians, like gold, jewels,silk,perfume, and spices
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Bartholomeu Dias was the first to sail around the tip of Africa.His sailors made him turn back to Portudal because they got sick and hungry.
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Martin Behaim made the first globe. He named it "The Earth Apple." It was missing four continents, they were North and South America,Australia and, Africa.
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Da Gama was the first to land in Asia by seahe came back with a shipload of spices.
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Vespucci proved Columbus wrong by measuring the length of how long Colombus traveled by how much it really takes to get to Asia. It was three times as long.
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Martin Waldsemuller made the first map with America in it. He did it based on Amerigo Vespucci's findings. That is why America is named that way.
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Balboa climbed a mountain on the Isthmus of Panamathat had a view of a whole ocean that no one knew about. He named it the Paacific Ocean which means the peacful ocean.
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Ferdinand Magellan was the first to sail around the Whole word. He did it in three years.
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Cortes was mistaken for the Aztec god. He was broughten in by th Aztec's king. After two years his empire was destroyed and he was dead.
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Pizarro conquered the Inca Empire. The king of the Incas made a deal which was a room full of treasure for his freedom. He took the deal and killed him anyway.
