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Jan 1, 1488
Bartolomeu Dias reaches the southern tip of Africa
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Aug 3, 1492
This is when Christopher Columbus sailed across the ocean to the Americas
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Oct 10, 1492
Christopher’s crew is just about out of food when they finally see land in the distance
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Jan 1, 1493
Christopher Columbus decides to sail home to Spain
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Jan 1, 1493
Line of Demarcation created
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Jun 1, 1494
The treaty of Tordesillas set a boundary for Spanish and Portuguese exploration
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Jan 1, 1501
Amerigo Vespucci , an Italian, set out to find a sea route to Asia
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Jan 1, 1519
conquerors explored the Americas and claims America for Spain
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Jun 30, 1520
The Aztecs saw the spaniards trying to escape and war broke out,
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Jan 1, 1521
This is when Cortés conquered the Aztec Empire for Spain
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Jan 1, 1521
This is when Francisco Pizarro conquered the Inca
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Jan 1, 1531
This is when Francisco Pizarro conquered the Inca
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Jan 1, 1534
Cartier explores the St. Lawrence in search of the Northwest Passage
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The English navy defeats the British armada
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Dutch purchase Manhattan Island from Native Americans
