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Jan 1, 1001
Lief Erikson
(New world.) Today's Canada.
Sailed for Iceland. -
Jan 1, 1271
Marco Polo
Explored middle east and Asia into China.
Sailed for Italy. -
Mar 22, 1455
Henry The Navigator
Explored coast of West Africa
Sailed for Portugal -
Jan 1, 1488
Bartholomew Dias
Explored Southern tip of Africa
Sailed for Portugal -
Jan 1, 1492
Christopher Columbus
Explored Bahamas ( looking for Asia)
Sailed for Spain. (was Italian) -
Jan 1, 1497
Giovanni "John" Caobt
Explored New Foundland
Sailed for England ( was Italian) -
Jul 8, 1497
Vasco da Gama
Explored tip of Africa to India
Sailed for Portugal -
Mar 28, 1499
Amerigo Vespucci
Explored coast line of South America
Sailed for spain, portugal. -
Jan 1, 1508
Juan Ponce de Leon
Explored mainland of North America. Established st. Augustine.
Sailed for Spain. -
Jan 1, 1513
Vazquez Nuna de Balboa
Explored Pacific Ocean at the Isthmus of Panama
Sailed for Spain -
Jan 1, 1519
Fernindad Magellan
Searched for Northwest passage to Pacific Ocean. Sailed through straits of Magellan.
Sailed for Spain.
(First to circumnavigate the world) -
Jan 1, 1519
Hernando Cortes
Spanish ocnquistador
Explored cuba, Mexico -
Jan 1, 1523
Giavanni de Verrazano
Explored Atlantic coast and up and down the Carolina's
Sailed for French -
Jan 1, 1524
Francisco Pizzaro
Explored Peru, South America
Sailed for Spain -
Jan 1, 1539
Hernando de Soto
Explored Mississippi River (present day Oklahoma)
Sailed for Spain -
Jan 1, 1539
Francisco Vazquez de Caronado
Explored present day Arizona and New Mexico
Sailed for Spain -
SIr Francis Drake
Explored the tip of South America.
Second man to circumnavigate the globe.
Sailed for England.
