age of discovery

By naruto8437
  • Nov 30, 1020

    ericson

    ericson
    Leif Ericson made the journey to North America 500 years before Christopher Columbus was born,President Calvin Coolidge made a speech to thousands of Americans that Leif Ericson had indeed been the first European to discover America
  • Nov 29, 1394

    Prince Henry

    Prince Henry
    he was a big explorer in the early days of the age of discovery. no Europeans had sailed past the treacherous Cape Bojador and returned alive,Prince Henry convinced Gil Eannes to try, and Eannes succeeded in 1434.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Jan 1, 1500

    age of discovery

    the age of discovery was a time whare many of the places and land masses we know and love today whare discoverd and explored
  • Nov 30, 1486

    christopher colubus

    christopher colubus
    in 1492, he founded the frist colliney of the new world, he also found the bahamas and the caribbean. he orriganally sailed off with 3 ships, but due to other complications, only the mayflower made it to the new world, witch he orrigannaly thought was inda
  • Nov 29, 1499

    Amerigo Vespucci

    Amerigo Vespucci
    amerigo sailed into the mouth of the amazon river in south amarica, ware he presiced to explore south amarica
  • Nov 30, 1499

    Diego de Lepe

    Diego de Lepe
    He discovered the Bay of San Agustin on the coast of Brazil. He claimed all these lands in the name of the King of Spain, only to have it voided by the Line of Demarcation of 1498. He was accompanied by Amerigo Vespucci on his voyage.
  • Nov 30, 1509

    FRANCISCO PIZARRO

    one of the first Europeans to ever see the Pacific Ocean. He served as the mayor of Panama City for a number of years, from 1519 to 1523
  • Nov 30, 1513

    Balboa

    In 1513, Balboa led an expedition from Darién to search for a new sea to the south and for gold, he also explored south amarica
  • Nov 30, 1520

    HERNÁN CORTÉS

    HERNÁN CORTÉS
    he brought down the mightey aztec empire with the help of some of his indean allies
  • Nov 30, 1521

    FERDINAND MAGELLAN

    The first ever circumnavigation of the globe was complete.Magellan’s Impact
  • Nov 30, 1534

    Pascual de Andagoya

    Pascual de Andagoya
    In his few attempts at exploring the coast of southern Panama he heard only of Indian tribes of northern or northwestern Colombia. Andagoya was the first to hear of Biru, and the rich cities in the mountains, south of the San Juan River, in Ecuador.