Early Explorers

  • Leaf Erickson:sponsered by the country of Scandinavia
    1000

    Leaf Erickson:sponsered by the country of Scandinavia

    Landed on the northern cost of north america, which is present day in north america
  • Bartolomeu Dias: sailed for the country of Portugal
    1488

    Bartolomeu Dias: sailed for the country of Portugal

    Discovering the southern trip of Africa
  • 1488

    Padro Alarez:

    He is known for finding the country of Brazil
  • Christoper Columbus
    1492

    Christoper Columbus

    sailed the ocean blue
  • Vasco de gama
    1497

    Vasco de gama

    sailed all around Africa and all the way to India
  • John Cabot
    1497

    John Cabot

    Sailing for the English, searched for a passage to the pacific ocean
  • Juan Ponce de Leon
    1513

    Juan Ponce de Leon

    Explored present day Florida in 1513, looking for the "fountain or youth"
  • Vasco Nuez de Balobo
    1513

    Vasco Nuez de Balobo

    He crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean
  • Ferdinand Magellan
    1519

    Ferdinand Magellan

    He organised the Spanish expedition to the East indies from 1519 to 1522
  • Herman cortez
    1519

    Herman cortez

    A conquistador who explored Mexico in 1519. Conquered the Aztec
  • Francisco Pizarro: Sponsored by Spain
    1520

    Francisco Pizarro: Sponsored by Spain

    A conquistador who explored the Andes Mountains of South America and conquered the Inca Empire
  • Giovanni de Varrazano
    1524

    Giovanni de Varrazano

    Explored the coast of North America
  • Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
    1527

    Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

    Acoompained by Estevanico and others, explored the North American Southwest
  • Jacques Carter
    1534

    Jacques Carter

    Sailed down the Saint Lawrence river all the way to present-day Montreal
  • Hernando de Soto
    1539

    Hernando de Soto

    Explored Florida and North Carolina in 1539
  • Fransico Vasquez de Coronado
    1542

    Fransico Vasquez de Coronado

    Cont. in North American Southwest, discovered the Grand Canyon
  • Juan Cabrillo
    1543

    Juan Cabrillo

    Investigations of the West Coast of North America
  • Henry Hudson

    Henry Hudson

    Led Dutch expedition to present-day New York
  • Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette

    Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette

    traveled the Mississippi river
  • Robert Cavelier de La Salle

    Robert Cavelier de La Salle

    Followed the Mississippi river all the way to the Golf of Mexico