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Headword Date Article Type
Abel Tasman discovers New Zealand 1642 Topics Short note
Abel Tasman's journal of his voyage to Van Diemen's land published in England 1694 Topics
Amazon explored by Francisco de Orellana 1542 Topics Short note
Amerigo Vespucci explores parts of South America 1499 Topics Short note
Bengal reached by the Portuguese 1528 Topics
Cape Verde reached by Portuguese navigators 1446 Topics Short note
Captain Bering reaches Alaska 1740 Topics Short note
Christopher Columbus discovers what will later be called “America” 1492 Topics
Columbus reaches the Bahamas 1492 Topics Short note
Columbus' voyage of discovery financed by Ferdinand of Spain 1492 Topics Short note
Columbus's expedition departs Palos, Spain 1492 Topics Short note
Coronado explores the south-west of North America 1540 - 1542 Topics Short note
Dampier's A Voyage to New Holland in the Year 1699 1703 Topics Short note
Diogo Cao, the Portuguese explorer, sails around the Congo river 1483 Topics
Dirk Hartog lands on west coast of Australia 1616 Topics
Drake's Circumnavigation of the Globe 1577 - 1580 Topics
Early Modern Voyages of Discovery and Travel Writing 1500 - 1650 Topics
Expedition into North America by Hernando de Soto 1539 - 1543 Topics Short note
Ferdinand Magellan discovers the Magellan Strait and enters the Pacific 1520 - 1520 Topics
First circumnavigation of the world by the fleet of Ferdinand Magellan 1519 - 1522 Topics Short note

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