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| 1492 | Supported by Isabel of Castilla, Queen of Spain, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus embarked on an expedition to find a western route to India. In the course of this journey, and others in 1493, 1498 and 1502, Columbus explored the West Indies and Central America. |
| 1493 | Pope Alexander VI signed the bulla Inter Coetera II, in which the Crowns of Spain and
Portugal were given ownership of the New World. The bulla forbade, under penalty of
excommunication,
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