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The world was divided into 2 parts, Portuguese received everything outside of Europe East of a line that ran 270 leagues of West of Cape Verde islands ( Had control over Africa, Asia and West of South America, Brazil ) The Spanish received land West of the line, the land is unknown today.
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa is the first European to go to the Pacific Ocean after going through it to go to Isthmus of Panama
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Hernan Cortes, Spanish explorer and conquistador, he goes to Mexico with 600 men and 16 horses with a few cannons.
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Ferdinand Magellan and his crew sail around the world
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Captures and demolish Tenochtitlan in a brutal assault Spanish import the first African American slaves to the USA
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Arrives in Peru in 1532. Captures the Inca emperor and executes in 1533. Spanish spread across Ecuador and Chile, adding much of South America to Spain's empire
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The printing press becomes part of the new world and is set up in New Mexico
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Spain begins to get lots of $$$ when they discover silver at Potosi in Bolivia
