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Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
Age Of Exploration
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Jan 1, 1415
Prince Henry Helped Conquer Muslim City of Ceuta
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Jan 1, 1488
Bartolomeu Dias Traveled Coast of Africa
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Nov 28, 1490
John Cabot Claims Land for England
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Jan 1, 1492
Christopher Columbus sailed to find Route to Asia
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Period: Jan 1, 1497 to Jan 1, 1499
Amerigo Vespucci Explores South America
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Jan 1, 1498
Vasco De Gama reached port of Calicut
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Jan 1, 1513
Nunez De Balboa Crossed the Isthmus of Panama and Sailed to Pacific
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Jan 1, 1513
Juan Ponce De Leon Travels to America
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Jan 1, 1519
Hernando Cortes Conquers Aztec Empire in Mexico
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Period: Jan 1, 1519 to Jan 1, 1522
Ferdinand Magellan Leades The 1st Expedition Around The World
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Jan 1, 1522
Francisco Pizarro Conquered the Incas
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Jan 1, 1524
Giovanni Verrazano Explores North American Coast
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Period: Jan 1, 1534 to Jan 1, 1541
Jaques Cartier Explored St. Lawrence River
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Period: Jan 1, 1539 to Jan 1, 1542
Hernando De Soto Explored U.S.
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Jan 1, 1540
Francisco Coronado Explored Territory of what is now Southern U.S.
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Samuel De Champlain Founded Quebec
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Colonists sail from England to the coast of Virginia
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Henry Hudson Explored what are now the Hudson River and the Hudson Bay
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Pilgrims founded a Second English, Plymouth, in Massachusetts
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Robert de La Salle Expored Up an Down the Mississippi River
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Louis Joliet Explored the Great Lakes
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Louis Joliet and Jaques Marquette Sailed Mississippi River
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England was the Leading Carrier of African Slaves
