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Jan 1, 1001
Leif Eriksson lands in New World
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Jan 1, 1269
Marco Polo travels through Asia, meets Kublai Khan.
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Jan 1, 1415
Henry the Navigator explores West Africa
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Jan 1, 1487
Bartholomew Dias lands in Cape of Good Hope
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Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Colombus lands in the Bahamas
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Jan 1, 1497
John Cabot lands in Newfoundland
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Jan 1, 1498
Vasco De Gama lands in India
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Jan 1, 1501
Amerigo Vespucci explores coastline of South America.
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Jan 1, 1506
Juan Ponce de Leon lands in Florida
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Jan 1, 1513
Vasco nunez de Balboa discovers the Pacific Ocean
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Jan 1, 1520
Ferdinand Magellan sets sail
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Jan 1, 1521
Hernando Cortes defeats the Aztecs.
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Jan 1, 1522
Francisco Pizarro explores South America.
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Jan 1, 1524
Giovanni da Verrazno lands in cape fear
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Mar 22, 1554
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado explores Southwestern USA
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May 8, 1581
Hernando de Soto finds Mississippi River.
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Sir Walter Raleigh explores North Carolina
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Leif Eriksson born
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Period: to
Leif Eriksson birth - Sir Walter Raleigh Death.
