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Jan 1, 1488
Portugal (Bartolomeu Dias)
In 1488, Portugese captain Bartolomeu Dias ventured far down the coast of Africa. -
Aug 3, 1492
Spain (Christopher Columbus)
In 1492, Christopher Columbus, an Italian sea captain, set sail with 3 ships and 100 men to find a route to Asia. -
Jan 1, 1497
Portugal (Vasco De Gama)
In 1497, Vasco De Gama began exploring the east African coast. -
Jan 1, 1497
England (John Cabot)
In 1497, Cabot found Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. -
Jan 1, 1498
Portugal (Vasco De Gama)
In 1498, Vasco De Gama reached the port of Calicut on the southwestern coast of India. -
Jan 1, 1499
Portugal (Vasco De Gama)
In 1499, the Potugese sailors filled their ships with goods and spices which were from Calicut, and returned to Portugal. This voyage also helped them by giving Portugal a direct sea route to India. -
Jan 1, 1500
Portugal (Cabral)
In 1500, Cabral claimed Brazil for Portugal. -
Jan 1, 1510
Portugal
In 1510, the Portugese captured Goa, a port city on India's west coast. -
Jan 1, 1513
Spain (Balboa)
In 1513, Balboa was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean. -
Jan 1, 1519
Spain (Hernando Cortes)
In 1519, a Spaniard named Hernando Cortes landed on the shores of Mexico (Tenochtitlan). -
Jan 1, 1521
Spain (Ferdinand Magellan)
In 1521, a Spanish expedition led by Ferdinand Magellan arrived in the Phillippines. -
Jan 1, 1521
Spain (Hernando Cortes)
In 1521, Cortes conquered the Aztec Empire. -
Jan 1, 1524
French (Verrazzano)
In 1524, Verrazzano discovered what is today the New York harbor. -
Jan 1, 1532
Spain (Francisco Pizarro)
In 1532, Pizarro marched a small force into South America, which lasted for over a year. -
Jan 1, 1533
Spain (Francisco Pizarro)
In 1533, Pizarro marched on the Incan captial, Cuzco, and captured it. -
Jan 1, 1534
French (Jacques Cartier)
In 1534, Cartier foun Montreal. -
Jan 1, 1565
Spain
In 1565, Spain claimed the islands of the Phillippines, and began settling them. -
England
In late 1606, the company's three ships and more than 100 settlers pushes out of an English harbor. -
England
The three ships reached the coast of Virginia, and the colonists claimed it to be theirs. They named the settlement Jamestown in honor of their king. -
French (Samuel de Champlain)
In 1608, Champlain claims Quebec for France. -
Dutch (Henry Hudson)
In 1609, Henry hudson, an English man in the service of Netherlands, sailed west and found three waterways which were later claimed by the Dutch -
England (Pilgrims)
In 1620, a group known as the Pilgrims, established a large colony nearby Massachusetts Bay. -
Dutch
In 1634, the Dutch captured what are now the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba from Spain. -
French
In 1673, French Jesuit priest Jacques Marquette and trader Louis Joilet explored the Great Lakes and the upper Mississippi River. -
Egypt
In 1798, Napoleon started a French campaign in Egypt. -
Egypt (Champlain)
In 1798, Champlain discovered the Rasheed stone that led him to identifying the Egyptian hieroglyphic language.
