Explorers and Their Expeditions

Colombus's First Voyage

Aug 3, 1492

Colombus sails from Palos, Spain with 3 small ships. http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Christopher_Columbus.aspx

Colomubs's First Voyage

Sep 6, 1492

Colombus sailed west from the Canary Islands but changed course to the SW. http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Christopher_Columbus.aspx

Colombus's First Voyage

Oct 12, 1492

Colombus lands on a small island in the Bahamas and took posession of it for Spain while also discovering other neighboring islands. http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Christopher_Colombus.aspx

Colombus's First Voyage

Oct 27, 1492

Colombus sighted Cuba. http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Christopher_Columbus.aspx

Colombus's First Voyage

Dec 5, 1492

Colombus reaches Hispaniola. http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Christopher_Columbus.aspx

Colombus's Second Voyage

Oct 17, 1493

Colombus sets sail on his second expedition from Cadiz with 17 ships and 1500 colonists aboard. He landed in the Lesser Antilles and discovered the Leeward Islands and Puerto Rico. http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Christopher_Columbus.aspx

Colombus's Second Voyage

Jun 17, 1494

Around this time Colombus explored the coast of Cuba and discovered Jamaica. http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Christopher_Columbus.aspx

Colombus's Third Voyage

Feb 17, 1498

Around this time Colombus was forced to transport convictsd as colonists. He sailed farther south and landed in Trinidad and sailed across the mouth of the Orinoco River. http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Christopher_Columbus.aspx

Colombus's Fourth Voyage

Feb 17, 1502

Around this time Colombus set out on his fourth expedition. He hit the coast of Honduras in Central America and coasted southward until he reached the Gulf of Darien. He attempted to return to Hispaniola but got stranded in Jamaica. He then returnded to Spain where he gave up on anymore expeditions. http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Christopher_Columbus.aspx

Magellan's Voyage

Sep 20, 1519

Magellan sets sail from Sanclucar de Barrameda with 5 vessels and about 265 men. He sights the south American coast near Pernambuco. http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Ferdinand_Magellan.aspx

Magellan's Voyage

Jan 17, 1520

Magellan and his men explored the Rio de la Plata. http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Ferdinand_Magellan.aspx

Magellan's Voyage

Oct 21, 1520

Magellan and his crew discover and enter the strait that now ears his name. http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Ferdinand_Magellan.aspx

Magellan's Voyage

Nov 28, 1520

Magellan and his crew reaches the Pacific Ocean. http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Ferdinand_Magellan.aspx

Magellan's Voyage

Mar 6, 1521

Magellan reaches the Marianas and 10 days later the Philippines where he is later killed on April 27th. http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Ferdinand_Magellan.aspx

Hernando De Soto's Voyage

Feb 17, 1538

Around this time De Soto left Spain on an expedition and later landed on the Florida coast. http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Hernando_De_Soto.aspx

Hernando De Soto's Voyage

Feb 17, 1539

Around this time De Soto and his men wintered near Tallahassee then went North throug Georgia and the Carolinas into Tennesee then turned South into Alabama. http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Hernando_De_Soto.aspx

Hernando De Soto's Voyage

Mar 17, 1541

Around this time De Soto and his men were the first white men to see and cross the Mississippi River. They journeyed up the Arkansas River and into Oklahoma and became discouraged so they went back to the banks of the Mississippi River where De Soto died. http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Hernando_De_Soto.aspx

Sir Francis Drake's Voyage

Feb 18, 1572

Around this time Drake set sail with 2 ships and 73 men. On his first voyage he took the town of Nombre de Dios on the isthmus of Panama, burned Portobelo and gained wealth and fame. http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Sir_Francis_Drake.aspx

Sir Francis Drake's 2nd Voyage

Dec 18, 1577

Around this time Drake set sail with 5 ships to raid the Spanish holdings on the Pacific coast of the New World. He was the first Englishman to navigate the straits of Magellan. He journeyed to San Francisco Bay which he took possession of and named New Albion and for Queen Elizabeth 1. http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Sir_Francis_Drake.aspx

Sir Francis Drake's 2nd Voyage

Sep 26, 1580

He arrived at Plymouth with treasures of high value for Queen Elizabeth 1. http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Sir_Francis_Drake.aspx

Sir Francis Drake's 3rd Voyage

Feb 18, 1585

Around this time Drake commanded a fleet that sacked Vigo in Spain and burned Sao Tiago in the Cape Verede Islands. He plundered the Florida coast. http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Sir_Francis_Drake.aspx

Abel Janszoon Tasman's Voyage

Feb 18, 1642

Around this time Abel sailed from Batavia visiting Tasmania and New Zealand, touched the Tonga Islands and returned to Batavia in 1643 having circumnavigated Australia. http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Abel_Janszoon_Tasman.aspx

Abel Janszoon Tasman's Voyage

Feb 18, 1644

Around this time Abel established the continuity of land from the Gulf of Carpentaria to the Northwest coast of Australia at the Tropic of Capricorn. http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Abel_Janszoon_Tasman.aspx