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From the Spanish port of Palos, Christopher Columbus sailed in command of three ships he was on a journey to find a western sea route to China, India, and the gold and spice islands of Asia.
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In 1497 John Cabot's was thought to be the first European encounter with the North American continent
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In 1498 Columbus returned for a third voyage in South America and Trinidad
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In May 20, 1506 at the age of 54 Columbus he had suffered through a long terminal illness (That showed symptoms on his third voyage eight years before).
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In 1519-21 the Spanish conquered the Aztec Empire or Aztec War and Cortes also made alliances with tributaries city's or states also he did the same to the Aztec Empire as well as there political rivals.
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Francisco Pizarro joined Vasco Nunez de Balboa in there march to the (South sea) but in 1532 Pizarro and his brothers conquered Peru
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On (1500-1542) De soto was the first European to (Document the river)
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St. Augustine was founded on September 8, 1565 by Pedro Menendez de Aviles (Florida's first governor) he named the settlement ''San Agustin'' as his ships,settlers,troops and supplies for there time in St. Augustine
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So Henry Hudson and his crew sailed to the River that would bear his name. But he wasn't the first European explorer to discover the river but he basically was (thought to be the first discoverer)
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The Mayflower was an English ship that famously transported the first English Puritans but today they are known as Pilgrims. From Plymouth, England to the ´New World´ there were 102 passengers and crew but the exact number is unkown.
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On March 5, 1770, on King Street in Boston. So it began as a street brawl between American colonists and a lone British soldier.