For much of its history, punk music has been focused on energetic live shows and local music scenes, due to the non-marketability of most punk music and to the anti-corporate politics of many punk bands. As such, certain cities throughout the world have been important centers of the development of punk. The most significant are London and New York City, the birthplaces of the genre, though other scenes have brought regional variations to the core sound.
For each city, significant local bands, record companies and venues are listed in alphabetical order.
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Pedro Alvares Cabral, (c. 1467-c. 1520), discovered Brazil and Madagascar
Juan Sebastian del Cano[?] - completed the first circumnavigation, ...