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Jan 1, 1492
Christofer Columbus, Italy
Christofer Columbus discovered America -
Jan 1, 1519
Ferinand Magellan, Portugal
Led first expidition around the world but died on the journey. -
Jan 1, 1521
Hernan Cortes, Spanish
Conquered Mexico and Aztec Empire In Mesoamerica -
Jan 1, 1523
Vasco Nanez de Balboa, Spanish
First European to see the Pacific Ocean. -
Jan 1, 1523
Pedro de Alverado, Spanish
Conquered the Manyan Lands in Mexico, Mesoamerica -
Jan 1, 1532
Francisco Pizarro, Spanish
Conqueres Incas of Peru in America. -
Jan 1, 1555
Sir John Hawkins, England
Voyaged to west africa and South America; Known as the pioneer of English slave trade from Africa -
Jan 1, 1577
Sir Francis Drake, English
First To circum-navigate the world -
Jan 1, 1578
Sir Martin Frobisher, England
Voyaged to Norther American ,Labrador & Greenland. -
William Januz, Dutch
Discovered Australia's Northern Tip of Gulf of Carpentarier. -
Abel Tasman, Dutch
Discovered Tasmania -
Abel Tasman, Dutch
Discovered the North Coast of Australia -
James Cook, English
Discovered the East Coast of Australia
