European Exploratom 1400-1800 By guesswho123 Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Nov 1, 1800 Exploration Oct 1, 1406 Ptolemy's geography is introduced in Europe. Nov 28, 1450 Prince Henry the Navigator establishes a naval observatory for the teaching of navigation, astronomy, and cartography. Nov 29, 1450 Invention of the printing press spurs wide distribution of navigation tables and ship plans. Ptolemy's geography is published and widely accepted. Nov 28, 1453 Turks overrun Constantinople, shutting off the overland trade route. Nov 28, 1484 Portuguese explorations discover Africa's Gold Coast and the Congo River. dgyyfgufu Nov 28, 1487 Bartolomeu Dias barely touches the Cape of Good Hope. Nov 28, 1492 Christopher Columbus sets sail. Nov 28, 1497 John Cabot sites "new found land" while searching for Northwest Passage. Nov 28, 1498 Vasco da Gama rounds the Cape of Good Hope and reaches India. Nov 28, 1506 Christopher Columbus dies. Nov 28, 1519 Magellan begins his journey to circumnavigate the world with five ships and 270 men. Nov 28, 1522 September 6, eighteen of Magellan's crew and one ship return. Nov 28, 1534 Jacques Cartier enters the St. Lawrence River. Land in Great Lakes claimed for France. Nov 28, 1577 Sir Francis Drake sets sail from England. He circumnavigates the globe. Nov 28, 1609 Henry Hudson explores present-day New York and Hudson River and claims them for the Dutch. Nov 28, 1768 James Cook begins the first of his Pacific explorations. Nov 28, 1770 Cook documents location of Australia. Nov 28, 1778 Cook explores Hawaiian Islands. He fails to locate Northwest Passage from Alaskan side. Nov 28, 1779 Cook killed in Hawaii.
