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IN 1000 CE,a Viking named Leif Erikson set sail from Greenland,heading west.
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Marco Polo left his home in Venice to go with his father and uncle to Asia when he was 17.
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The turks captured the city of Consrantinople and took control of the Middle East.This closed trade routes between Europe and Asia.
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Bartholomeu Dias became the first to sail all the way around the southern tip of africa-what now called the Cape of Good Hope.
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Martin Behaim made the first globe in1492
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Vasco da Gama was the first Portuguese explorer who successfuly commanded the ships to sail directly from Europe to India.
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Waldseemuler drew a map of the new continent using what Vespucci found.In 1507,America appered on the map for the first time.
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Balboa is a group of explorers that climed a mountain on the west coast of what today it is known as the Isthmus of Panama.
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Magellan sailed to Brazil and south along Americas eastern coast.He discovered a river that is now called 'The Strait of magellan which lead all the way to the ocean that he named'the Pacific Ocean.'
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In 1521 Cortes and his soldiers conquered the the Aztecs.He got their wealth,glory,and treasures.They soon became known as the'cconquistadors' which means conquer.
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In 1533 the Spanish conquered the Inca empire and made it's people into slaves.That brought the spanish riches and power.
