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Sep 15, 1254
MARCO POLO
September 15, 1254Marco Polo was not the first European to reach China but he was the first to leave a detailed chronicle of his experience. -
Dec 9, 1415
HENRY THE NAVIGATOR
HERY THE NNAVIGATOR ORGANIZES VOYAGES ALONG WEST AFRICA -
Oct 12, 1492
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
DISCOVER AMÉRICA -
Jul 8, 1497
vasco de gama
DISCOVER THE RUTE OF. MARÍTIMA OF INDIA -
Feb 22, 1512
AMERIEGO VESPUCCI
he embarked on his first voyage. On his third and most successful voyage, he discovered present-day Rio de Janeiro and Rio de la Plata. Believing he had discovered a new continent, he called South America the New World. In 1507, America was named after him. He died of malaria in Seville, Spain, on February 22, 1512 -
Apr 2, 1513
ponce de leon
While on a quest for gold,Juan Ponce de León founded the oldest settlement in Puerto Rico and Landed in today´s Florida -
Sep 20, 1515
FERNAND MAGELLAN
Set sail eventually dicover apassage to the pacific -
Nov 6, 1519
ERNAN CORTES
HERNAN CORTES LANDS IN MEXICO DEMOLISH THE CAPITAL CITY OF TENOCHTITLAN -
YURI AGARIN
Yuri Agarin was the first persson that go to the outer space