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Columbus left a port in Spain in search of a westerly route to Asia, though he never did find it.
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On October 11, Columbus spots and lands on an island, which he later named San Salvador. Columbus believed he had made it to Asia and this area was the Indies, however he discovered an entire new continent.
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After visiting Hispaniola, Cuba, and many other Caribbean islands, and losing more than half his crew, Columbus returned to Spain on March 3.
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This time a much larger expedition, Columbus set sail for a second time in search of gold and to capture Indians for slavery. Columbus sailed about Cuba and Hispaniola, eventually spotting and naming the island of Dominica.
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On June 11, Columbus returned to Spain after his second, less successful expedition.
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Though there is speculation, many people believe that Vespucci departed from Cadiz, Spain, for his first voyage on May 10, 1497, on account of a letter.
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On July 8th, da Gama and his crew departed from Portugal in search of a sailing route to India and other Eastern coastal countries. Da Gama took a Southern route to round the Cape of Good Hope and cross into the Indian Ocean.
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In early March, da Gama and his crew reached the Muslim port of Mozambique. However, upon their arrival, the ruler was offended by their modest gifts and turned them away.
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Although there was some confusion by the act that the residents of Calicut, India, were actually Hindu, they were still welcomed by the Hindu ruler. They remained in Calicut for three months, although Muslim traders and Hindu residents made them, as Christians, feel unwanted.
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After departing, this time sailing farther South, Columbus passed through both Trinidad and Venezuela.
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In August of 1498, da Gama and his crew left Calicut and made their way toward Portugal; however, because of his lack of knowledge of the area, they left during monsoon season.
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If the contents of this letter are true, then Vespucci would have discovered Venezuela a year before Columbus upon returning back to Spain in October of 1498.
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After departing from Spain under the command of someone else, Vespucci separated with him to explore Brazil and its coastline, where he discovered the Amazon River and Cape St. Augustine.
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Because of their untimely retreat, many of da Gama's crew members suffered from sickness and died. The first ship only ended up making it back to Portugal a year after their departure.
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Vespucci's returned to Spain in June of 1500 after exploring the coastline, however, this continent left Vespucci to wonder whether it was really Asia or not.
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After being the first European to set foot on mainland America since the Vikings, Columbus returned to Spain in October of 1500.
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Sailing for Portugal this time around, Vespucci departed towards Cape Verde for what is considered his most successful voyage. Along his way, he encountered places such as Rio de Janeiro, Rio de la Plata, and many other places on the coast of South America.
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Sometime in 1502 Vespucci returned from his third voyage with a confirmed theory: the "New World" was a whole new continent. Amerigo was the first to realize that they weren't reaching a western route to Asia, but to a whole different continent.
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With the command of ten ships in his hands, da Gama set sail for the Indian Ocean with orders to secure Portugal's dominance in the area.
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During the span of this expedition, Columbus encountered areas such as Mexico, Honduras, Jamaica and Panama.
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On June 14, 1502, Vasco da Gama arrived at the port of Sofala in East Africa. This was one of the many ports they stopped at on their way to terrorizing Muslim ports.
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Sailing under the Portuguese flag yet again, Vespucci departed Portugal heading toward Brazil. After no real discoveries, they reached some difficulty; however, he still managed to discover Bahia and the island of South Georgia.
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After terrorizing and destroying many different trade ports and killing several hundred of people, Vasco da Gama and his crew arrived back in Portugal on October 11.
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Vespucci was forced to return to Lisbon, Portugal, prematurely sometime in 1504 because of the implications with the captain that occurred.
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After being stranded on Cuba for several years, Columbus and his crew were rescued by the people of Hispaniola, with a little persuasion, and brought back to Spain.
