beaus explorers

Erick the red settles in greenland

Mar 14, 980

the viking that colonized Geenland in the 980s. He became the first leader of the viking comunities on Greenland. He was the father of Leif Erickson.

Bjarni sees North America but doesn't land

Mar 14, 986

A viking see captain, explorer and trader who spotted the coast of North America around 986 but didn't ever land on it. His stories made Leif Erickson want to go there, which he did around the year 1002.

Leif Erickson land in North America

Mar 14, 1002

The son of Erick the Red. Leif was a greenlander who had been born in Iceland but as a young man traveled to Norway where he became a chistian. Leif was the first european decent to set foot on the North American continent.

Columbus lands in North America

Mar 14, 1492

The explorer who sailed west from spain in 1492 and was the first person to sail across the middle of the Atlantic ocean.

cabot landed on cape briton

Mar 14, 1497

He found cape briton with tons of cod fish for the english that sent him on his voyage. The explorer from england who crossed the Atlantic and reached either Newfoundland or cape briton island in the year 1497