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Jan 1, 1415
Prince Henry the Navigator
Henry encouraged his father to conquer Ceuta, the Muslim port on the North African coast across the Straits of Gibraltar from the Iberian peninsula. -
Jan 1, 1492
Christopher Columbus' first voyage
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May 20, 1498
Vasco da Gama landed in Calicut
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Jan 1, 1513
Vasco Nunez de Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocea
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Period: Jan 1, 1519 to Jan 1, 1522
Ferdinand Magellan's Expedition
