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120
year 120
Ptolemy creates the first flat map of the world. -
870
870
Náttfari becomes the first permanent resident of Iceland. -
982
982
Eric the Red discovers Greenland. -
1271
1271
Marco Polo goes to China. -
1418
1418
João Gonçalves Zarco and Tristão Vaz Teixeira discover Porto Santo. -
1434
1434
Gil passes Cabo de Não and rounds Cape Bojador. -
1492
1492
Columbus sails to the New World. -
1497
1497
Vasco da Gama sails to India and back. -
1502
1502
Amerigo Vespucci returns from his explorations of the New World. American continents named after him by German mapmaker. -
1513
1513
Vasco Nunez de Balboa discovers the eastern shore of the Pacific Ocean.