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Dec 18, 1507
Martin Waldseemuller
Waldseemuller is a German cartographer who drew a map of the new continent using Vesspuchi's findings he also named the new land for Americo Vesspuchi -
Aug 18, 1513
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Balboa discoverd what is now called the pacific ocean and claimed it for spain.He also went to the Isthmus of Panama -
Oct 19, 1519
Magellan
Magellans plan was to get to Aisa by water route. he went to Brazil and south along the American eastern coast .He also discoverd the same ocean as Balboa ,but named it the Pacific ocean.Last but not least he sailed around the whole world. -
Mar 21, 1521
Cortes
The Aztecs thought that he was a god because they never saw someone with black beatds and whites skin before.He landed on the east coast of Mexico in 1519.When Motecuhzoma let him into his palas he knew that this was the first step ,of his plain to conquer them. -
Jan 5, 1533
Fransisco Pizarro
In 1531 Pizarro and 180 Spanish and African soldiers sailed from Panama to the west coast of south America.When he asked his brother to convert to chrisianity and he said no he put him in prison.
