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Over time, Europeans increasingly recognized the newly encountered continent as a source of land, wealth, and people they could exploit.
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“But over time, it became increasingly apparent this was a source of potential in land, in wealth and in people that could be exploited. A key turning point happened in 1511.”2:44Report a misattribution
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