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Jan 1, 1000
Vikings
Vikings set foot in North America -
Jan 1, 1487
John Cabot
Cabot Lands on North America
1 Jan 1497 In 1497, John Cabot landed on the North America coast.He was sent by the English king to explore the land on the other side of the Atlantic.It wasn't clear whether Cabot reached the shores of Newfoundland and Labrador,or Cape Breton Island. While he was there,he didn't make contact with the First Nations,but he claim their land in the name of the King of England.He returned to England and reported that there were so many fish that they could be caught by -
Jan 1, 1492
Columbus
Columbus sets sail searching for a North west passage. Doesn't realize he has found North America -
Feb 1, 1497
Amerigo Vespucci
xplorer Amerigo Vespucci was born March 9, 1451, in Florence, Italy. On May 10, 1497, he embarked on his first voyage. On his third and most successful voyage, he discovered present-day Rio de Janeiro and Rio de la Plata. Believing he had discovered a new continent, he called South America the New World. In 1507, America was named after him. He died of malaria in Seville, Spain, on February 22, 1512. -
Feb 1, 1513
Juan Ponce de Leon
Ponce de Leon has found Florida, which in Spanish "flowery." He tried to drive the Indians off and find the "Fountain of Youth" died by a poison arrow. -
Feb 1, 1532
Hernando de Soto and Francisco Pizzaro
16 Oct 1532 After the west Indies Hernando went off to Peru with Francisco Pizarro. They went to the capital of Peru called Cuzco to explore and conquer the land and earn money. Hernando had the role second command on Pizarro´s expedition. They were very successful in the battle. -
Feb 1, 1535
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro was a Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incan Empire. -
Feb 1, 1540
Francisco Coronado
This famous conquistador tried to find the "Seven Golden Cities," but did not. Instead, he walked 7,000 miles to find a small, crowded village. -
Feb 1, 1540
Hernando de Soto
Hernando de Soto was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who led the first European expedition deep into the territory of the modern-day United States, and the first documented to have crossed the Mississippi River. A vast undertaking, de Soto's North American expedition ranged throughout the southeastern United States searching for gold, silver and a passage to China. De Soto died in 1542 on the banks of the Mississippi River in Arkansas or Louisiana. -
Champlain Brings French Settlers
In 1603, Champlain, the French Explorer sailed to North America and travelled up to St. Lawrance River. He wasn't able to find a route to Asia, so he returned to France. Research Resource: Nelson Literacy -
Jamestown was settled
Jamestown
1 Jan 1607 Jamestown was established in Virginia by 144 settlers. The name came from King James I. This place had many fish, but very little settlers knew how to hunt, or farm, and the town also had not many resources. One other downside was that there were disease-carrying mosquitos and a powerful Indian tribe. -
Samuel de Champlain
Sameul de Champlain
1 Jan 1608 Champlain sailed up the St. Lawrence River and has built a Trading Post called "Quebec." This fort was also used as a kind of 'base.' -
Henry Hudson
Research ResourceIt's positive that he explored many places such as a bay which is now called Hudson Bay. Although that the conditions in the ship were so bad that Hudson's crew of about 20 men threatened to strike. On his final journey from England in 1610, he again headed northwest towards Canada, this time on the ship Discovery. In August, Hudson found a body of water which at first he thought was the Pacific Ocean. The body of water was a large bay, which eventually was named the Hudson Bay -
