chaper 2 By lantz3k 343 BCE Leif Erickson 8 BCE Bartolomeu Dias 1 CE franciso pizarro 3 Amerigo Vespucci 4 Christopher Columbus 6 Vasco da Gama 34 juan pornce de loen 45 alvar nunez cabeza de vaca 45 hernando de soto 45 franciso vasquez de coronado 45 junan cabrillo 198 hernan cortes 345 Giovanni de Varrazano 345 Jacques Cartier 345 Henry Hudson 345 Jacques Marquette 345 Robert Cavelier de La Salle 1244 Louis Joliet 1488 pedro alvarez cabral sponsoredby the country ofporgal he is known for landing the country of bazil in south america and starting a setterment there for portugal 1497 . John Cabot 1513 Vasco nuez de balba sponsoredby the country of spain he is know for landing in central American and discovering the pacific ocean
