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Sep 3, 1400
Europeans branch out
In the early 1400s europeans began to look to the seas and beyond -
Sep 3, 1492
Christopher Columbus
Columbus led his first expiedition westward -
Sep 3, 1497
Vasco da gama
in 1497-1498 a porugese explorer Vasco da Gama found such a route and sailed all the way to India -
Sep 3, 1497
The northwest passage
in 1497 KIng Henry VII sent cabot on a voyadge to the west -
Sep 3, 1508
Jaun Ponce de Leon
1508-1509 he he settled the islands of puretor rico -
Sep 3, 1513
Spanish exploration
In the early 1513 Ponce de Leon -
Sep 3, 1524
Verrazanos expedition
in 1524 King Francis 1 of france sent Italian navigator westward -
Oct 4, 1526
Ayllon
The 150 remaning colonist return to Hispaniol -
Sep 4, 1562
Port Royal
Ribaults Huguenots attempted to settle near present-day Port Royal South Carolina -
Sep 4, 1565
St. Augustine
Spain sent troops under Pedro Mrndez De Aviles to Flordia