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  • Prince Henery the Navigator
    Jan 1, 1418

    Prince Henery the Navigator

    Started Navigation School
  • Prince Henry the Navigator
    May 25, 1420

    Prince Henry the Navigator

    Henery gained appointment as the governor of a very rich Order of Christ, the Portuguese successor to the Knights Templar, which had its headquarters at Tomar.
  • Christopher Columbus
    Jan 1, 1476

    Christopher Columbus

    swims ashores when his ship is sunk in a battle off Portugal
  • Christopher Columbus
    Jan 16, 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    Columbus starts the return journey to Spain
  • Vasco Da Gama
    Jan 1, 1497

    Vasco Da Gama

    commissioned by the Portuguese king
  • Vasco Nunez de Balboa
    Jan 1, 1513

    Vasco Nunez de Balboa

    led the first European expedition to the Pacific Ocean
  • Ferdinand Magellan
    Sep 20, 1519

    Ferdinand Magellan

    The fleet sail across the Atlantic Ocean to South America and Rio de Janeiro and then start to search for a passage to the Pacific Ocean
  • Ferdinand Magellan
    Apr 27, 1521

    Ferdinand Magellan

    was killed by natives on the island of Mactan
  • Vasca Nunez de Balboa

    Vasca Nunez de Balboa

    sailed with hundreds of Spaniards and Indians across the Gulf of Uraba to the Darien Peninsula.