Age of Exploation timeline

Zheng He begins his voyages in China

Jan 1, 1410

http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/8-22-2005-75259.asp

Bartholomeu Dias rounds the tip of Africa

Jan 1, 1487

Bartholomeu Dias

Christopher Columbus discovers the West Indies

Jan 1, 1492

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/When_did_Christopher_Columbus_discover_America

Vasco da Gama reaches India after rounding Africa

Period: May 29, 1497 to May 29, 1498

Vasco da Gama: Round Africa to India, 1497-1498 CE

John Cabot discovers Newfoundland

Jun 24, 1497

http://www.nald.ca/library/newsletter/nfld-lit/ftreader/apr96/ldcjc.htm

Pedro Alvarez Cabral discovers Brazil

Apr 1, 1500

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/worldhistory/pedroalvarescabral2.htm

Megellan’s ship the Vittoria completes the first circumnavigation of the globe

Period: Sep 20, 1519 to Sep 8, 1522

Magellan: 1519-1522

Vikings first discover Greenland

Mar 2, 2022

http://www.euronet.nl/~memoriam/vikingsESSAY.htm