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Jan 1, 1418
Prince Henery the Navigator
Started Navigation School -
May 25, 1420
Prince Henry the Navigator
Henery gained appointment as the governor of a very rich Order of Christ, the Portuguese successor to the Knights Templar, which had its headquarters at Tomar. -
Jan 1, 1476
Christopher Columbus
swims ashores when his ship is sunk in a battle off Portugal -
Jan 16, 1492
Christopher Columbus
Columbus starts the return journey to Spain -
Jan 1, 1497
Vasco Da Gama
commissioned by the Portuguese king -
Jan 1, 1513
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
led the first European expedition to the Pacific Ocean -
Sep 20, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan
The fleet sail across the Atlantic Ocean to South America and Rio de Janeiro and then start to search for a passage to the Pacific Ocean -
Apr 27, 1521
Ferdinand Magellan
was killed by natives on the island of Mactan -
Vasca Nunez de Balboa
sailed with hundreds of Spaniards and Indians across the Gulf of Uraba to the Darien Peninsula.
