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Jan 1, 1000
Vikings reach North America
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Period: Jan 1, 1300 to
Renaissance
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Jan 1, 1418
Prince Henry establishes a school of navigation
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Jan 1, 1441
Potuguese begin selling African slave
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Aug 1, 1492
Columbus sails from Spain
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Oct 1, 1492
Columbus reaches San Salvador
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Jan 1, 1500
Amerigo Vespucci sails to the Indies
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Jan 1, 1513
Ponce de Leon visits Florida
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Jan 1, 1519
Cortes conquers the Aztec
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Jan 1, 1531
Pizarro conquers the Inca
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Jan 1, 1542
De Verrazzano reaches North America
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Jan 1, 1565
St. Augustine
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Jan 1, 1565
Roanoke settlers move in
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Jamestown is founded
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Dechamplain sets up permanent settlement in Quebec
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Period: to
Hudson sails the Hudson River and discovers Hudson Bay
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De Champlain sets up permanent settlements in Montreal
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Mayflower Compact
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Dutch built Fort Orange and found New Amsterdam
