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Before 1600

c. 12,000 B.C.

North American Indian cultures flourish.

American Indian

A.D. 1000

Norse seaman Leif Ericsson lands in Newfoundland, which he calls Vinland.

Viking ship

1492

Christopher Columbus, financed by Spain, makes the first of four voyages to the New World. He lands in the Bahamas (Oct. 12).

Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus

1513

Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León lands on the coast of Florida.

1565

Saint Augustine, Florida, settled by the Spanish, becomes the first permanent European colony in North America.

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