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Jan 1, 1488
Barolomeu Dias reached the southern tip of Africa
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Aug 3, 1492
Columbus lands in the Americas
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Jun 1, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas was agreed to be signed
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Jan 1, 1501
Amerigo Vespucci set out to find a sea route to Asia
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Jan 1, 1519
Magellan set out from from spain with 5 ships and about 270 men
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Jan 1, 1519
Hernando cortes land on the Mexican coast with 508 conquistadors
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Jun 30, 1520
Fights broke out when Aztecs
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Aug 1, 1521
Cortes conquers the Aztec Empire for spain
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Aug 1, 1521
Tenochtitlan finally fell empire lays in ruins
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Jan 1, 1525
Inca ruled a 2,000 mile long territory
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Jan 1, 1531
pizarro conquers the Inca Empire for Spain
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Jan 1, 1531
Francisco Pizarro led 180 men into Peru
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Jan 1, 1534
Cartier explores the St. lawrence in search of the northwest passage.
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English navy defeats Spanish Armada
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Dutch purchase Manhattan islands from Native