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Period: Aug 3, 1492 to
Historical events
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Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus
A man aboard the Pinta spotted land when they have been at sea for about 2 months. -
Jun 24, 1497
John Cabot
Started to explore canada for the british to claim land and claimed a lot of land so the british became more powerful. -
Apr 2, 1513
Ponce de leon
Found florida and called it pascua de florida so they claimed most of the land around florida. -
Mar 3, 1579
Sir Francis Drake
Had cannon fire on a ship carrying a lot of jewles and he was able to get the jewles. -
Henry hutson
Sailed to america through the artic ice but redirected the ship to past Nova Scotla and along the coast of North america so they missed their trades but found somthing better. -
Marquette and Joliet
They entered the great Mississippi River to try to find somthing perticular.