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Mar 28, 1400
sir francis drake was sent around the west coast of south amreica
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Mar 27, 1419
Prince Henry the Navigator begins to support Portuguese Exploration
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Mar 28, 1488
bartolomeu dias first european to sail to around the tip of Africa
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Mar 27, 1492
Christopher Columbus sails to the Americas
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Mar 27, 1497
vasco da Gama set out for india
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Mar 27, 1497
john cabot sailed from england to the atlantic coast (canada )
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Mar 27, 1502
amerigo sailed along the coast of south America and found new land
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Mar 27, 1513
vasco nunez de balboa first european to see the pacific ocean
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Mar 28, 1519
hernan cortes led them to mexico
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Mar 28, 1519
ferdinand magellan sailed west around the world
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Mar 28, 1524
giovanni da verazzano and italian explorer sailing for france
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Mar 28, 1529
francisco Pizarro led an expedition to peru
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Mar 28, 1534
jacques cartier left for france in to find a northwest passage to what is now canada
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henry hudson set out for north to find a northeast passage around eurpoe but failed
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samuel de champlain found the city if Quebec
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rene-robert la salle canoed to from the mississippi river to the gulf of mexico
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juan sebastian de elcano sailed to spain
