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Jan 1, 1000
Leif Erickson
He sail from west Norway to Greenland -
Jan 1, 1400
Prince Hengry
Prince Hengry built an observartory and found the school of navigation -
Jan 1, 1488
Bartolomo Dias
Bartolomo Dias led expedition south along the Africa coast -
Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus
Columbus and his man land on an island in the Bahamas -
Jan 1, 1497
Vasco de Gama
Vasco de Gama travels around the cape of good hope and lands in Southwestern India -
Jan 1, 1501
Amerigo Vespucci
Amerigo Vespucci led a spanish fleet to the coast of south America -
Jan 1, 1519
Hernando Cortez
Hernando Cortez sail to present-day in Mexico -
Jan 1, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan
He set out with a Spanish fleet to sail down the east coast of South America -
Jan 1, 1524
Jacques Cartier
He led France's next major exploration of North America. -
Henry Hudson
Henry Hudson makes his voyage to North America -
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