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May 16, 1450
Prince Henry the Navigator
Prince Henry the Navigator was born in 1394. He was the son of King João of Portugal. He is most famous for the voyages of discovery that he organised and financed. Those voyages eventually led to the rounding of Africa. That led to the establishment of sea routes to the Indies. He was a very devout man too. He became Governor of the Order of Christ from 1420 until he died in 1460. -
May 17, 1493
Ponce Da Leon
went on cristopher columbus's second expaudition and did not returned to spain. He explored the cuba, the bahamas, florida, puerto rico, the dominican. -
May 20, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
The Treaty of Tordesillas was created by the Spanish and the Portuguese to clear up confusion on newly claimed land in the New World. The early 1400s brought great advances in European exploration. In order make trade more usable, Portugal attempted to find a direct water route to India and China. By doing this, Arab merchants, were not able to make a profit off of the European trade merchants. The newly discovered land held great potential wealth which would benefit European nations. -
May 20, 1498
Vasco Da Gama
Vasco Da Gama was a Portuguese explorer who discovered an ocean route from Portugal to the East. On July 8, 1497, Vasco da Gama sailed from Lisbon, Portugal, heading to the East. During that time, many people thought that his trip would be impossible because it was thought that the Indian Ocean was not connected to any other seas. -
May 20, 1498
John Cabot
John Cabot was an explorer and navigator. In Italy, he is known as Giovanni Caboto. He was born in Italy but in 1495, he moved to England. Cabot sailed to Canada, by the request of King Henry VII, in 1497. He landed near Labrador, Newfoundland, or Cape Breton Island, the exact spot is unknown, on June 24 1497. Cabot ventured the Canadian coast and named many of the islands. Cabot sailed another, but larger adventure in 1498. During that time, he might've reached America, but that is unknown. -
Apr 22, 1500
Pedro Cadral
first person to see brazil. -
May 17, 1500
Bartolomeu Dias
Bartolomeu Dias was born in Portugal around the time of 1450. Not much is known about his childhood, but it is said that he came from a long line of navigators. Some of them might have included Dinis Dias, who governed Cape Verde in 1455. Another could've been Joao Dias, who governed Cape Bojador in 1437. Evidence of Bartolomeu's earliest voyages are vague and distinct in times. Evidentally, it is known that he traveled with Diogo d'Azambuja on a journey to the Gold Coast of Africa in 1481. -
May 18, 1503
Christoper Columbus
"Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue, in the year of 1492." That is only one of the famous sayings about him. Now, onto the information. He was an Italian explorer. He sailed in hopes to find a route to India, so he could trade spices. He sailed a result of four trips to the Caribbean and South America during 1492-1504. -
May 19, 1506
Amerigo Vespucci
Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer. He was the first person to discover that America was separated from Asia. Some say that America was named after him in 1507. That happened when the German mapmaker, Martin Waldseemuller, printed the first map that used America in the New World. On his first adventure, Vespucci was the navigator. With help from Alonso de Ojeda. While doing this, they discovered the tip of the Amazon and Orinoco Rivers in South America, thinking it was part of Asia. -
May 18, 1516
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Vasco Nunez de Balboa was a Spanish conquistador and an explorer. He was the first European to see the eastern part of the Pacific Ocean in the year of 1513, while crossing the Isthmus of Panama. He even did some explorations with his dog! -
May 17, 1521
Ferdinand Magellan
first to sail around the earth. -
Mar 1, 1524
Giovanni Verrazano
land at cap fear and went to new york harbor. -
May 18, 1532
Francisco Pizzaro
He land at San Mateo Bay. He travaled through desert and snow-capped mountains of south America. -
May 20, 1541
Jacques Cartier
Jacques Cartier was a French explorer. He led three adventures to Canada. Those adventures happened in 1534, 1535, and 1541. He paved a way for the French exploration of North America. He sailed inland, going 1,000 miles up the St. Lawrence River. He also tried to form a settlement in Quebec, but it was canceled after an incredibly cold winter. He was given directions by Indians for the route to "kanata," a village near what is now Quebec, but he later named the whole region Canada. -
May 19, 1543
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo
He was the first European to find the Californian coast. -
May 18, 1544
Hernan Cortes
Hernan Cortes was a Spanish explorer. He is famously known for his march across Mexico. Also, for his conquering of the Aztec Empire in Mexico. -
May 20, 1545
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca was a Spanish explorer. He sailed to North America from Spain, leaving in 1527. After serving as a Mexican territorial governor, he returned to Spain and published an account of his travels, journaling the appalling treatment of Indians by the Spanish. His writing encouraged many other Spanish expeditions to the Americans, including Hernando de Soto and Francisco Vasquez de Coronado. In 1540, he was appointed governor of the Spanish settlement on the Rio de la Plata. -
John Davis
He exploered the coast of greenland. He was a English expoler. -
Sir Francis Drake
He lead the second voyage around the world. -
Henry Hudson
He found the Hudson river, bay, strait.
