Age Discovery Timeline

  • Marco Polo
    Jun 22, 1295

    Marco Polo

    an Itailian merchant traveller who recoreded a book that introduced Europeans to Cnetral Asia and China . One of the first and most famous Europeans to travel to China during the Middle Ages and went farther than anyone else.He was from Italy.
  • Prince Henry
    Apr 12, 1436

    Prince Henry

    He sponsored voyages to exploration of Asia. He was from Portugal.
  • Vasco da Gama
    Apr 13, 1460

    Vasco da Gama

    He discovered an ocean route from Portugal to the East. He was from Portugal.
  • Christopher Columbus
    Apr 9, 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    He accidentally stumbled upon the Americas looking for the West Indies. He was from Italy.
  • Nicolaus Copernicus
    Aug 2, 1514

    Nicolaus Copernicus

    Made a model of the universe with the sun in the middle instead of the Earth. He was from Poland.
  • Ferdinand Magellan
    Apr 9, 1519

    Ferdinand Magellan

    Discovered a straight of Magellan and became the first European to cross the Pacific Ocean. he was from Spain.
  • Martin Luther
    Jul 21, 1519

    Martin Luther

    He began Protestant reformation in 16th-century Europe. He was from Germany.
  • Hernan Cortes
    Aug 13, 1521

    Hernan Cortes

    He conquered the Aztec Empire and explored a new world. He was from Spain.
  • Francisco Pizarro
    Apr 9, 1532

    Francisco Pizarro

    He conquered the Inca Empire. He was from Spain.
  • Ignatius of Loyola
    Apr 19, 1541

    Ignatius of Loyola

    Spanish, society of Jesus . Hes from Poland.
  • John Calvin
    Oct 11, 1555

    John Calvin

    Made a powerful impact on the fundamental doctrine of protestantism. He was from France
  • Jacques Cartier
    Apr 10, 1567

    Jacques Cartier

    Was sent by France to the new world in search of riches and a route to Asia.He was from France
  • Tycho Brahe
    Jun 1, 1575

    Tycho Brahe

    He designed and built new astronomical instruments and calibrated them. He was from Sweedon
  • Galileo Galileli

    Galileo Galileli

    Invented an improved the telescope that allowed him to observes the planets. He was from Italy.
  • Francis Bacon

    Francis Bacon

    Promoted the scientific method. He was from th Uk.
  • Johannes Kelper

    Johannes Kelper

    Discovered the three major laws of planetary motion. He was from Germany
  • Rene Descartes

    Rene Descartes

    He made an important connection between geometry and algebra. He is from France.
  • Robert Boyle

    Robert Boyle

    Known as " Father of Chemisrty". He made moderen chemistry. He was from Ireland.
  • Isaac Newton

    Isaac Newton

    Discovered the laws of gravity and created the feild of calculus. he was from England.