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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. -
Mar 22, 1444
prince henry the navigator
explored the atlantic coast of africa he went on 2 voyages. -
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 -
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. -
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. -
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 -
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 -
Feb 1, 1513
hernando cortes
sailed to flordia looking for riches like gold and silver. -
Apr 1, 1513
Juan ponce de leon
wentto flordia searching for the fountain of youth. -
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 -
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 -
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. -
Apr 1, 1534
jacques cartier
explored the gulf of st Lawrence with 2 ships with 61 men in each ship. -
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. -
May 18, 1539
hernando de soto
hernando de soto explored flordia and north Carolina he also brought pigs to america. -
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. -
Sep 28, 1542
Jaun Cabrillo
finds the san Diego bay wile searching for a mythical water route. -
samual de champlain
Samuel de Champlain was a French explorer famous for his journeys in modern day Canada. -
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 got marooned by his own crew along with his son and 3 others. -
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
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
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.
