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Events
- 1492 AD: Christopher Columbus (1451-1506), backed by Spain, reaches San Salvador (Guanahani to the natives), "discovering the New World" and encountering Arawak and Taíno people. Thinking he is in India, he calls them Indians.
- 1494: Treaty of Tordesillas divides the colonial world between Spain and Portugal.
- 1497-98: John and Sebastian Cabot explore east coast of North America for EnglandEngland is the largest, the most populous, and the most densely populated of the four " Home Nations" which make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK). Occupying the south-eastern portion of the island of Great Britain, England. They kidnap three Micmac men.
- 1497: Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot, 1450-98), a Venetian in English service, during a voyage underwritten by BristolThis article is about the English city of Bristol. For other uses please see Bristol (disambiguation). Bristol is a city in south-western England, on the River Avon. It borders on the Unitary Districts of Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and S merchants, claims Cape Breton IslandCape Breton Island (French: le du Cap-Breton Irish/Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Cheap Breatuinn Mi'kmaq: U'namakika is a large island on the Atlantic coast of North America. It is part of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, although physically separated from (or NewfoundlandThis is about the island in Canada. For the Canadian province of Newfoundland see Newfoundland and Labrador. For other meanings of Newfoundland see Newfoundland (disambiguation). Newfoundland is a large island off the north-east coast of North America, an, or LabradorThis article is about the region in Canada. For other meanings of Labrador : For the federal electoral district, see Labrador (electoral district). For the dog breed, see Labrador Retriever. Labrador is a region on the easternmost coast of Canada. It form) for England on June 24, laying the basis for English claims to Canada and inspiring a series of further explorations.
- 1498: English explorer John Cabot, making a second voyage to North America (looking for Northwest PassageThe Northwest Passage is a route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean through the Arctic archipelago of Canada. Between the end of the 15th century and the 20th century, Europeans attempted to establish a commercial sea route north and west around to India), travels the coast of Labrador, New BrunswickNew Brunswick Nouveau-Brunswick ( In Detail) ( In Detail) Motto: Spem reduxit (Hope was restored CapitalLargest city Fredericton Saint John Area Total % fresh water 11th largest(8th lgst prov. 72 908 km² 2. 0% Population Total (2001) Density Ranked 8th 75, Nova Scotia, discovering Newfoundland Island, trades furs with Micmacs.
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