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1000 |
Eriksson (Leif) arrives in North America. |
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1002 |
Thorvald arrives in North America. |
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1008 |
Thorfinn Karlsefne arrives in North America. |
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1400 |
Basque fishermen from Spain, Portugal, Normandy and Brittany fish for cod in the area of the Grand Banks. |
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06/24/1497 |
John Cabot sights the North American mainland. |
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1498 |
Sebastian Cabot explores the coast of North America. |
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1511 |
Miguel Corte Real explores the coast of New England. |
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1524 |
Giovanni da Verrazano explores the coast of New England. |
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1525 |
Estevan Gomez explores the coast of New England. |
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1567 |
English privateer John Hawkins loses a sea battle with Spanish forces in the Gulf of Mexico. |
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