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Sep 30, 1300
Marco Polo's Adventure
Around 1300 Europeans heard about Marco Polo's adventure in China, and other Asian islands. When Europeans read about this they thought of all the riches in Asis -
Sep 15, 1407
Europeans Brach Out
In the early 1400s, people in europe began to look to look to the seas and beyond. So they longed for adventure. Others wanted to spread christianity -
Sep 17, 1492
More Explorers
Christopher Columbous coloumbus led his first expedition westward. -
Sep 16, 1497
The First Expedition
In 1497, Porteguese explorer Vasco da Gama found such a routeand sailes all the way to india -
Sep 19, 1497
King Henry
King Henry sent Cabot on a voyage west. -
Sep 30, 1498
To South America
Columbous sialed to South America, later on a map maker labeled the "new" continent America, from another explorer named Amerigo Vespucci, and that name stuck. -
Sep 30, 1508
More Control
Ponce de leon he explored and settled in Purteo Rico. King Fernand gave him permission to explore north of Cuba. -
Sep 30, 1513
Flowers and Florida
Pone de Leon set sail and ended up at Florida, he got the name from the spanish word that means flowers. They sailed to the east of the coast and thought the keys to the west of the coast. He found there was land perfect for exploring north of the Carribean islands. -
Sep 30, 1520
Being Powerful
Spain was the most powerful nation in the world. They had huge tracts of land, began sending gold and silver back to spain. -
Sep 30, 1526
Going home
The remaining 150 colonists returned to Hipanioa. -
Sep 30, 1529
Military Expedition
Hernando de Soto sailed with a military expidition from Havana, Cuba to the west coast of Florida. -
Sep 30, 1539
Winter to Spring
de Soto's soldiers soliders spent the winter in Tallahase Florida. In spring de Soto and his men crossed Georgia, throught South Carolina -
Sep 30, 1560
A hold on Florida
there was a lot of action in the southeastern United States. Spanish had possesion of Florida and started looking south ward