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Christopher columbus reaches americas
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Christopher columbus sets out for the americas again with large fleet
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Pedro Alvares cabral claims Brazil for Portugal
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Amerigo Vespucci identifies South America as a new continent
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German mapmaker names the continent america
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Hernando Cortes a spanish adventure lands in mexico
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Ferinand Magellan leaves to sail around the world
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cortes and 600 men conquer aztec empire
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Magellan is killed, but some of his men return to spain in 1522
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spanish conqueror leads force to peru