Jan Willem Van Deursen
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Jan Van Deursen
Jan Van Deursen
1497 - 1550

1471

1471 João de Santarém and Pedro Escobar crossed the Equator. The southern hemisphere was discovered and the sailors began to be guided by a new constellation, the Southern Cross.

1497


Age: 26y
1497 • Leaders of the Second Cornish Uprising surrender to the King at Taunton; the following day, Warbeck, having deserted his army, is captured at Beaulieu Abbey in Hampshire.

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