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Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
Age of exploration
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Jan 1, 1488
Bartolomeu Dias sailed around the Cape of Good Hope
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Aug 1, 1492
Christopher Columbus left Spain
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Oct 12, 1492
Columbus land on a tiny island named San Salvador
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Jan 1, 1493
Columbus made three voyages to the "Indies."
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Period: Jan 1, 1493 to Dec 31, 1504
Christopher Columbus vovages to Indies
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Jan 1, 1497
Amerigo Vespucci sailed across Atlantic ocean
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Period: Jan 1, 1497 to Dec 31, 1504
Amerigo Vespucci voyage across Atlantic ocean
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Jan 1, 1498
Vasco da Gama landed in India
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Jan 1, 1510
Portuguese captured the southwest cost of India
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Jan 1, 1519
Magellan took five ships to cross the Atlantic to South America.
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Period: Jan 1, 1519 to Dec 31, 1522
Ferdinand Magellan journey to Spain
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Jan 1, 1521
Ferdinand Magellan reached the Philippine Islands and died there
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Jan 1, 1522
One ship and 18 crew members returned to Spain.