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1000
Lief Erickson- viking
1st European to reach North America -
1487
Bartolomeu Dias sailed for portugal
sailed to the bottom of Africa and found the Cape of Good Hope
bottom of Afirca -
1492
Christopher Columbus - sailed for Spain
1st trip sailed to North america , across the Atlantic Ocean, believed he had reached Asian -
1493
Christopher Columbus - sailed for Spain
His 2nd voyage to the Americas across the Atlantic ocean -
1497
Vasco da Gama sailed for portugal
1st to sail around Africa all the way to Asia -
1497
John Cabot sailed for Italian
He went to look for a northern sea route to Asia -
1498
Christopher Columbus - sailed for Spain
His 3rd voyage to the Americas across the Atlantic ocean -
1499
Amerigo Vespucci sailed for Spain
Sailed along the coast of S. America. He took such good notes about the coast that mapmakers were convinced this was not Asia and named the new land America in his honor -
1500
Pedro Alvres Cabral sailed for Portugal
On his way around Africa he went to wide and ended up in Brazil -
1502
Christopher Columbus - sailed for Spain
His 4th voyage to the Americas across the Atlantic ocean -
1513
Jaun ponce do leon Sailed for Spain
Explored present day Florida looking for the fountain of youth -
1513
Vasco Nunez de Balboa sailed for Spain
He travels through central America and is the first European to see the Pacific Ocean ( the largest ocean on earth) -
1519
Hernando Cortes Sailed for Spain
A conquistador who explored Mexico Conquered the Aztec -
Period: 1519 to 1522
Ferdinand Magellan sailed for Spain
First European to circumnavigate the globe -
1524
Giovanni de Varrazano sailed for France
Explored the coast of North America present day Nova Scotia down to the Carolinas -
Period: 1528 to 1536
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
Accompanied by Estevanico slave and others , eexplored the North American Southwest looking for 7 cities of gold -
1532
Francisco Pizarro Sailed for
A conquistador who explored the Andes Mountains of South America and conquered the Inca Empire -
1535
Jacques Cartier sailed for France
Sailed to St. Lawrence hoping it would go to the Pacific -
Period: 1539 to 1542
Hernando de Soto Sailed for Spain
Explored Florida and North Carolina discovered Mississippi RIver -
Period: 1540 to 1542
Francisco Vasquez de Coronda
Cont, in North Americac Soouthwest, looking for cities of gold, discovered the Grand Canyon in AZ -
1542
Juan Cabrillo sailed for Spain
He explorers up from Mexico and goes into modern day California -
Henry Hudson
England sent Henry to present day New York in search for a way to Europe -
Henry Hudson sailed for Dutch
Henry Hudson believed that the Hudson river lead to Asia. His crew was getting impatient so they dumped Henry , his son and a few crew members in a small row boat and left them. -
Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette sailed for french
Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette were French explorers Louis was a fur trader and Jacques was a priest. -
Robert Cavelier de la Salle
Robert sailed the Mississippi river all the way to the Gulf of Mexico
