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Henry the Navigator sent his first expedition to Africa in 1420 and sent many more afterward, although he did not go on any expeditions himself.
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Columbus begins his expedtition but thinks he is going around to Japan.
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Columbus comes across an island near modern day Cuba and converses with the islanders.
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Vasco da Gama first set sail in 1497 to go around Africa to get to India.
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Expedition 3 begins in 1498, and it is on this expedition that Christopher Columbus Sets foot on America's mainland.
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After many of the crew members died of scurvy, da Gama returned to Portugal and is treated as a hero.
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De Balboa goes to South America to search for treasures such as pearls and gold.
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Balboa forms a colony in South America, the first European settlement in South America, called Santa Maria de la Antigua del Darien.
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De Balboa of Spain became the first European explorer to see the Pacific by crossing the isthmus of Panama in 1513.
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Magellen sets sail to travel around the world in 1519. He named the Pacific Ocean and traveled all around, making new discoveries often. He and most of the other crew members died on the expedition, and only 18 survived
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Magellan has to stop where Rio de Janeiro would be today and continues down the river.
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Magellan joins a tribe to help them defeat their rivals, the Lapu-Lapu, but was killed leading the expedition he was on.
