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Headword Date Article Type
Christopher Columbus discovers what will later be called “America” 1492 Topics
Columbus's expedition departs Palos, Spain 1492 Topics Short note
Columbus' voyage of discovery financed by Ferdinand of Spain 1492 Topics Short note
Columbus reaches the Bahamas 1492 Topics Short note
John Cabot reaches Newfoundland 1497 Topics Short note
Amerigo Vespucci explores parts of South America 1499 Topics Short note
Pedro Alvares Cabral travels to Brazil and then to India 1500 Topics Short note
Francisco Fernandez de Cordoba explores Mexico 1517 Topics
Ferdinand Magellan discovers the Magellan Strait and enters the Pacific 1520 - 1520 Topics
Verrazzano explores New York Bay and Newfoundland 1524 - 1524 Topics Short note
Gulf of Mexico explored by Cabeza de Vaca 1528 Topics Short note
Strait of Belle Isle and St Lawrence explored by Jacques Cartier 1534 Topics Short note
Expedition into North America by Hernando de Soto 1539 - 1543 Topics Short note
Hernando de Alvaro travels up the Rio Grande 1540 Topics
Coronado explores the south-west of North America 1540 - 1542 Topics Short note
Amazon explored by Francisco de Orellana 1542 Topics Short note
John Hawkins and Francis Drake are trapped by Spanish ships in the West Indies 1568 Topics Short note
Francis Drake sees the Pacific 1573 Topics Short note
Labrador explored by Martin Frobisher, who discovers Baffin Island 1576 Topics Short note
Francis Drake discovers San Francisco Bay 1579 Topics Short note

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