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83 St. Patrick explores Ireland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432-93
85 St. Columba reaches the Orkney Isles . . . . . . . . . . . 563
85 St. Brandon crosses the Atlantic . . . . . . . . Sixth century
90 Willibald travels from Britain to Jerusalem . . . . . . . . 721
92 The Christian Topography of Cosmas . . . . . . . Sixth century
94 Naddod the Viking discovers Iceland . . . . . . . . . . . . 861
95 Erik the Red discovers Greenland . . . . . . . . . . . . . 985
95 Lief discovers Newfoundland and North American Coast . . . 1000
97 Othere navigates the Baltic Sea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 890
99 Mohammedan Travellers to China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 831
103 Edrisi's Geography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1154
108 Benjamin of Tudela visits India and China . . . . . . . . . 1160
110 Carpini visits the Great Khan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1246
112 William de Rubruquis also visits the Great Khan . . . . . . 1255
115 Maffio and Niccolo Polo reach China . . . . . . . . . . 1260-71
117 Marco Polo's Travels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1271-95
126 Ibn Batuta's Travels through Asia . . . . . . . . . . . 1324-48
126 Sir John Mandeville's Travels published . . . . . . . . . . 1372
134 Hereford Mappa Mundi appeared . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1280
137 Anglo-Saxon Map of the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 990
138 Prince Henry of Portugal encourages Exploration . . . . . . 1418
140 Zarco and Vaz reach Porto Santo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1419
140 Zarco discovers Madeira . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1420
142 Nuno Tristam discovers Cape Blanco . . . . . . . . . . . . 1441
143 Gonsalves discovers Cape Verde Islands . . . . . . . . . . 1442
144 Cadamosto reaches the Senegal River and Cape Verde . . . . 1455
145 Diego Gomez reaches the Gambia River . . . . . . . . . . . 1458
148 Death of Prince Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1460
149 Fra Mauro's Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1457
150 Diego Cam discovers the Congo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1484
152 Bartholomew Diaz rounds the Cape of Good Hope . . . . . . . 1486
153 Martin Behaim makes his Globe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1492
160 Christopher Columbus discovers West Indies . . . . . . . . 1492
166 Columbus finds Jamaica and other Islands . . . . . . . . . 1493
167 Columbus finds Trinidad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1498
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