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1000
Erikson/Greenland
He was the first European to set foot in North America -
1488
Pedro/Portugal
Pedro Álvares Cabral got is credited with discovering Brazil in South America. -
1488
Barholomeu/Portugal
He sailed around the southernmost tip of Africa in 1488 -
1492
Christopher C/Spain
He was the first European to set to the Caribbean/South America -
1497
John Cabot / England
Expedition To North America -
1497
Vasco/Portugal
Vasco de Gama becomes the first European to reach India -
1507
Amerigo/Spain
Amerigo Vespucci was the first explorer to reach continental lands in the Americas when he discovered the Amazon River and Rio de Janeiro -
1513
Juan Ponce De Leon/ Spain
They went to the new world -
1513
Vasco/Spain
The first European to set Pacific -
1519
Hernan/Spain
He helped conquest the Aztecs -
1520
Fredinand/Spain
Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Pacific After sailing through the dangerous straits below South America -
1524
Giovanni de Varrazano/ Italy
He discovered what is now called New York Harbor -
1531
Francisco Pizzaro/Spain
Francisco Pizarro González was a Spanish conquistador, he helped Spain conquer Peru -
1534
Jacques Cartier /France
Jacques Cartier was sent by King Francis I to the New World in search of riches and a new route to Asia. -
1540
Francisco Vasquez/Spain
He went to an expedition to present day Kansas in the United States Of America -
1541
Hernando/Spain
He discovered the modern day Mississippi river -
1542
Juan Cabrillo/Spain
He discovered present day California -
Louis and Jacques/France
They discovered that the southern part of the Mississippi river flowed into the golf of Mexico -
Robert Cavelier/France
He claimed part of the Mississippi river (only the Louisiana part), he traveled the Mississippi river to the gulf of Mexico.