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Period: Jan 1, 1394 to Jan 1, 1460
Life of Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal
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Jan 1, 1488
Bartolomeu Dias's Voyage around the Cape of Good Hope
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Jan 1, 1492
First Voyage of Chistopher Columbus to the Western Hemisphere
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Jan 1, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
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Feb 4, 1499
Vasco de Gama Returns from First Voyage to India
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Jan 1, 1500
Brazil Claimed for Portugal by Pedro Alvarez de Cabral
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Jan 1, 1518
Smallpox Epidemic in the Caribbean
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Period: Jan 1, 1519 to Jan 1, 1521
Spanish Conquest of Mexico
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Jan 1, 1522
Ferdinand Magellan's Ship Returns After Circumnavigating the Globe
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Period: Jan 1, 1532 to Jan 1, 1540
Spanish Conquest of Peru
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Jan 1, 1545
Spanish Discovery of Potosi
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Jan 1, 1575
Spanish Complete Conquest of Philippines
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Foundation of Port Royal (Nova Scotia)
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Foundation of Jamestown
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Foundation of Quebec
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Foundatio of New Amsterdam
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Foundation of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Smallpox Epidemic on Guam
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Period: to
Captain James Cook's Exploration of the Pacific Ocean
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Establishment of the First European Colony in Australia
