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Christopher Columbus is credited with "discovering" the New World in 1492, although Leif Erikson may have reached North America around 1000 AD. Other Spanish explorers who played a significant role in exploring and colonizing the Americas include Hernán Cortés, Francisco Pizarro, and Juan Ponce de León.

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