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November 13, 1460 - Prince Henry the Navigator dies

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November 13, 1460 - Prince Henry the Navigator dies

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Prince Henry dies at age 66 in Sarges, Portugal. He died of natural causes but the specific cause of death is unknown.

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(1488) Bartolomeu Dias sails to the southern tip of Africa

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(1488) Bartolomeu Dias sails to the southern tip of Africa

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Bartolomeu Dias sailed to the southern tip of Africa so he can open up the way for a sea route from Europe to Asia.  A huge victory for Portugal, Dias' was able to increase trade with India and other Asian powers.

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SS: August 3, 1492- Christopher Columbus reaches the Americas for the first time

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SS: August 3, 1492- Christopher Columbus reaches the Americas for the first time

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Columbus set sail from Palos, Spain, with three small ships called the Santa Maria, the Pinta and the Nina. On October 12 he reached land, an island in the Bahamas.

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(1494) Pedro Alvares Cabral claims Brazil for Portugal

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(1494) Pedro Alvares Cabral claims Brazil for Portugal

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Portuguese explorer Pedro Alvares Cabral claimed Brazil for Portugal, arguing that the territory fell into the Portuguese sphere of exploration as defined by the 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas.

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SS: June 7, 1494- Treaty of Tordesillas signed

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SS: June 7, 1494- Treaty of Tordesillas signed

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The governments of Spain and Portugal agreed to the Treaty of Tordesillas. The Treaty of Tordesillas neatly divided the New World of the Americas between the two superpowers.

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(1497) John Cabot claims land in Canada.

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(1497) John Cabot claims land in Canada.

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Cabot claimed land in Canada for England. His reason for the expedition was to find a westward trade route to Asia. This land provided England with a claim to North America and gave them more knowledge on new fishery.

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May 20, 1498 - Vasco da Gama arrived in Calicut, India

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May 20, 1498 - Vasco da Gama arrived in Calicut, India

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While Vasco da Gama was sailing on the Portuguese crown he reached Calicut, India successfully. He also successfully sailed around the southern tip of Africa, and had pioneered a sea route from Europe to Asia. This also bypassed the Muslim nations that controlled the overland spice trade.

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(1501)Amerigo Vespucci’s voyage where he saw the rivers Rio de Janeiro and Rio de la Plata and suggested that there was another continent

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(1501)Amerigo Vespucci’s voyage where he saw the rivers Rio de Janeiro and Rio de la Plata and suggested that there was another continent

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Vespucci's ships traveled along the South American coast down to Patagonia. Along the way, he encountered the rivers Rio de Janeiro and Rio de la Plata. During this voyage, Vespucci came to suspect that he was looking at a continent entirely different from Asia.

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Cortes and his crew arrived in Mexico during 1519. They stopped at Tabasco and gained knowledge of the place.  The locals gave him gives such as 20 women, one of them being a women called Marina who became his translator. They ventured to  Veracruz next and was elected by his men as chief justice.

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(1522) Magellan’s circumnavigation of the world 

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(1522) Magellan’s circumnavigation of the world 

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Magellan set sail from Spain with five ships. Three years later only one ship, the Victoria. He was an explorer for Portugal, and then later Spain.  He discovered the Strait of Magellan while leading the first expedition to successfully circumnavigate the globe.

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Pizarro sent out a priest to exhort the emperor to accept the sovereignty of Christianity and Emperor Charles V. Atahuallpa refused, flinging a Bible handed to him to the ground in disgust. Pizarro immediately ordered an attack.

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(June 9, 1534) Jacques Cartier sails on the St Lawrence River.

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(June 9, 1534) Jacques Cartier sails on the St Lawrence River.

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Jacques Cartier was commissioned by the king of France to explore the northern lands in search of gold, spices, and a northern passage to Asia.

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(1539) Hernando de Soto arrives in Florida.

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(1539) Hernando de Soto arrives in Florida.

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When Hernando arrived in Florida, he was able to discover the Mississippi River. His reason for the expedition was to to find gold, he found none. His other main reason was to conquer Florida for the Spanish crown.

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Coronado had his mind set on finding the mythical city of Quivira, he never found it. Instead he discovered much of the Grand Canyons and Northern Mexico and Southern Texas. His large expedition found today's Mexico to Kansas.

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104 English men and boys arrived in North America to start a settlement. On May 13 they picked Jamestown, Virginia for their settlement. The settlement was named after there King James I. The settlement became the first permanent English settlement in North America.

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(1608) Samuel de Champlain arrived at Lake Champlain while exploring for the French

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(1608) Samuel de Champlain arrived at Lake Champlain while exploring for the French

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After demonstrating his skills as a navigator on voyages to the West Indies and Central America, Champlain was first sent as an observer to North America in 1603. There he made contact with the Native Americans and reconnoitered for the fur trade. The following year he was asked to be a geographer for another French expedition, and spent the following three years mapping what is now northeastern Canada. He also founded the city of Quebec in 1608. It was during that time Champlain learned from the Native Americans of a large lake to the south surrounded by lofty mountains and dotted with beautiful islands. In the summer of 1609, with the help of the local Native Americans, Champlain set out to explore what is now known as Lake Champlain.

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(1608) Samuel de Champlain founds Quebec

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(1608) Samuel de Champlain founds Quebec

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Samuel found Quebec in around 1608, this place became one of the oldest cities in Canada. He established his French settlement there. His finding of Quebec was a key to French expansion in the New World.

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April 1610 -  Henry Hudson’s last voyage

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April 1610 -  Henry Hudson’s last voyage

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The British East India company, the Muscovy Company, and other private sponsors helped funded Hudson's 4 and last voyage.  He sailed for London in April 1610 and stopped briefly in Iceland and continued west. Hudson thought he found the Pacific but found out that he actually sailed into a gigantic bay later named the Hudson bay. He reached James Bay, between northern Ontario and Quebec. While enduring harsh winter conditions. And then soon enough in 1611 she went back to England. but sailors Henry Green and Robert Juet led a mutiny. Seizing Hudson and his son, they cast them adrift on Hudson Bay in a small open lifeboat, along with seven other men. he was never heard from again.

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(1624) New Amsterdam is founded by the Dutch

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(1624) New Amsterdam is founded by the Dutch

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A successful Dutch settlement in the colony grew up on the southern tip of Manhattan Island and was named New Amsterdam