before and after colombus

  • leif erickson
    Oct 9, 1001

    leif erickson

    lief erickson was a viking that sailed from iceland to greenland finally to north america he was the first europian to make it to the new world.
  • prince henry the navigator
    Mar 22, 1444

    prince henry the navigator

    explored the atlantic coast of africa he went on 2 voyages.
  • bartolomu dias
    Jan 1, 1488

    bartolomu dias

    Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias 1450-1500 became the first european sailer to round the southern tip of Africa opening the way for a sea route from europe to Asia
  • Columbus to the new world
    Aug 3, 1492

    Columbus to the new world

    columbos sailed to the new world in 1492 and went back to spain to get supplies and brought back pigs cattle foods etc.
  • john cabot
    Jun 24, 1497

    john cabot

    Cabot and his crew sailed west and north under Cabot's belief that the route to Asia would be shorter from northern Europe than Columbus's.
  • degama
    Nov 22, 1497

    degama

    Vasco da Gama was best known for being the first to sail from europe to india by rounding Africa's Cape of Good Hope Over the course of two voyages beginning in 1497 and 1502
  • Amerigo vespucci
    May 10, 1499

    Amerigo vespucci

    7 Years after Columbus sailed to the Bahamas Amerigo ailed to the northern part of south America and into the Amazon River
  • hernando cortes
    Feb 1, 1513

    hernando cortes

    sailed to flordia looking for riches like gold and silver.
  • Juan ponce de leon
    Apr 1, 1513

    Juan ponce de leon

    wentto flordia searching for the fountain of youth.
  • balboa
    Sep 1, 1513

    balboa

    balboa reached the pecific ocean after hearing stories about it it took him 4 days to reach it he claimed it for spain and when he got back home someone took his place
  • megallen
    Sep 20, 1519

    megallen

    megellan sailed around the entire world in three years went to battle once and 2 of his ships didnt make it made many stops at islands to get supplies. 1519-1522
  • Alavr Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
    1527

    Alavr Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

    sailed to north america and present day mexico his ship had up to 300 men on it at a time.
  • jacques cartier
    Apr 1, 1534

    jacques cartier

    explored the gulf of st Lawrence with 2 ships with 61 men in each ship.
  • fransisco pizzaro
    Jan 6, 1535

    fransisco pizzaro

    pizzaro went to flordia to find gold and silver he took the icnca king hostage and ordered gold and silver once he got it he killed the king.
  • hernando de soto
    May 18, 1539

    hernando de soto

    hernando de soto explored flordia and north Carolina he also brought pigs to america.
  • francisco vazques de cornodo
    Jun 1, 1541

    francisco vazques de cornodo

    was a Spanish conquistador and explorer who led a large expedition from Mexico to present day Kansas through parts of the southwestern United States.
  • Jaun Cabrillo
    Sep 28, 1542

    Jaun Cabrillo

    finds the san Diego bay wile searching for a mythical water route.
  • samual de champlain

    samual de champlain

    Samuel de Champlain was a French explorer famous for his journeys in modern day Canada.
  • henry hudson

    henry hudson

    His third and fourth voyages were to North America where he discovered and sailed the Hudson River Hudson Strait and Hudson Bay.
  • henry hudson

    henry hudson

    henry hudson got marooned by his own crew along with his son and 3 others.
  • robert rene seur de la salle

    robert rene seur de la salle

    leading an expedition down the Illinois and Mississippi rivers he claimed the region watered by the Mississippi and its water ways for France
  • American Revolution

    American Revolution

    The people in the colonies started fighting back stealing things like gunpowder from the British and announcing that they will not be treated like crap anymore.
  • American Revolution

    American Revolution

    when the american revolution started in 1775 the american colonists were tired of being treated like crap they decided to start an militia an army to fight back.