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Prince Henry of Portugal founded a navigation school on the southwestern coast of Portugal. Mapmakers, instrument makers, ship builders, scientists, and sea captains gathered there.
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Bartholomeu Dias, a portuguese captian, founded the southern tip of Africa and explored the southeastern coast of Africa
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Christopher Columbus founded the caribean islands. it opened the way for European countries to colonize the Americas
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Columbus' second voyage to the Americas. He commanded some 17 ships, over 1000 soldiers, screwmen, and colonists in the hopes of making the Carribean colonies.
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A treaty signed by Spain And Portugal that created the Line of Demarcation.All land to the west of the line was Spain's and to the east was Portugal's.
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a portuguese explorer, Vasco da Gama, explored the east coast of Africa untill he reached the port of Calicut in India. gave Portugal a sea route to India.
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Columbus' third voyage was to bring more supplies for settlements and to explore even more than before. He finally reached the mainland in South America.
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An Italian in service of Portugal traveled along the east coast of South America. He returned saying thatthe Americas were not part of Asia, but a "new" world. The Americas were later named after him
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Columbus sailed along the coast of Cuba and Central America on this trip.
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa was the first to cross the Panama and view the Pacific Ocean.
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Cortes landed on the shores of Mexico in search of riches. Cortes and about 600 men found the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan. They thought that Cortes was a god and treated him as such.
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With about 250 men and 5 ships, Magellon sailed around South America and into the Pacific. they eventually reached the Phillipines were he was killed in a local war. his crew continued sailing westward towards home. Only 18 men and 1 ship returned to Spain out of the original crew. they became the first people to circumnavigate the world.
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Cortes and his men conquered the Aztecs with their advanced weaponry.
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Discovered what is modern day New York harbor.
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Pizarro conquers the Incas in what is modern day Peru. Pizarro ambushed and killed the Incan force and strangled Atahualpa, the Incan ruler, to his death.
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Explored and named the St. Lawrence river
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Explored in what is now southwestern US and founded the grand canyon
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A settlement established for king James of England on the coast of Virginia. it became England's first permanent settlement in North America. They were weak at first. but grew profitable after growing tabacco
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sailed up the St. Lawrencewith abouit 32 colonists and founded Quebecl, otherwise known as New France
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Founded the Hudson River and Hudson Bay
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A group called the Pilgrims founded the second permanent settlement in Massachusetts called Plymouth. they were Known as Puritans
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Explored the Great Lakes and upper Mississpi River
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explored the lower Mississippi River and claimed the entire river valley for France and named it Louisiana in honor of Louis XIV, the french king.
