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christopher columbus reached the bahamas and explored cuba and haiti
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first European encounter with North America
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Cabot set out on second voyage
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fredinand magellan began first circumnavigation of the world
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fransisco pizarro conquered the incas in peru
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JACQUES CARTIER explored the northeast part of the continent intending to find the elusive passage to the Orient. Discovered the St. Lawrence River and explored the region in three voyages between 1535 and 1541.
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hernando de soto explored the coast between the missisipi river and florida
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He set out on first voyage
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dionyse settle returned from his voyage in 1576
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Dionyse seettle acompanied Frobisher on his second voyage
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Discovered Lake Champlain
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the lords seventeen engaged henry hudson to find a safe passage to the wealthy spice islands in the east
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Perez de Villagra published a thirty-four-canto epic poem to chronicle the expedition
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The dutch parliament consented to a request to form the New Netherland Company
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first dutch settlement in north america was built in 1614
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new netherland was founded on current day manhattan in 1626
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the dutch surrender new netherlands to the brittish
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JACQUES MARQUETTE & LOUIS JOLIET were sent to explore the Mississippi River in 1673. they were sent to answer two questions.Was the Mississippi a water passage to the Pacific Ocean? Were the fabled kingdoms of Quivira and Theguaio real?
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the dutch withdraw completely from north america in 1674