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Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
Age of Exploration
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Period: Jan 1, 1490 to Dec 31, 1500
Landings on various "new worlds".
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Aug 1, 1492
Christopher Columbus leaves Spain
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Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus landed at San Salvador
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Period: Jan 1, 1497 to Dec 31, 1504
Amerigo Vespucci crossed the Atlantic several times
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Jan 1, 1498
Vasco de Gama landed in India
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Jan 1, 1513
Ponce De Leon sails towards Florida
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Jan 1, 1513
Ponce De Leon sails north
He sails towards to what is now present day Florida. -
Jan 1, 1521
Magellan dies in a fight with islanders
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Jan 1, 1528
Panfilo de Narvaez sails to Florida and dies.
The voyage ends in shipwreck -
Jan 1, 1530
Francisco Pizarro led expedition
180 men and 37 horses were led to Peru -
Jan 1, 1580
Spain annexed Portugal
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Dutch East India Company was founded
