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1000
Leif Erikson
he sailed to norway, where he then explored land west of greenland, he also explored a place where the sagas referd to this land as the "vinland". he ws sponsered by portugal -
1467
pedro alveres caberal
he use b13 ships to sail to inda and he was going to use the same trade route as vasco da gama but insted he went to far north and ended up in brazil where hecalimed brazil for his kind , amd sent back a ship to tell the portugeese that they own a fotload of the americas. he siald to indad and came back with spices, porcelin and other valuable cargo. they soon after started fleet every year to india and soon beacame the capital libson the marketplace of europe. sponserd by portugal. -
1487
Bartholomule diaz
descovered the southern tip of africa called it cape of good hope and he was sponserd by portugual -
Aug 12, 1492
Christopher columbous
he led 90 sailors in 3 boats on a voyage into the unkown and they soon found land on october 12 1492 they thought they where in the indies-islands southweast of china but it turns out that they where in north america wich the eroupiens had not descovered yet. sponserd by portugal -
1497
vasco da gama
He was headed twoards Africa with 4 ships, he dident hug the African coast like dias insted he went in a wide arc south and west africa because they hoped ir would help them travel more safetly around the cape of good hope , he took many stops and one of them was at Momoasa where he met a piolet in inda who navigated him the reat of the way. he finally made to the port of calicut, in inda may 1498. their dream came true of finding a sea rout to asia. they where sponsered by portugal. -
1497
John cabbot
He was looking for a northern sea route to azia. they say he landed on the coast of newfoundland insted. John was sponsed by france -
1499
Amerigo vaspucci
he explored the coast of south america, he rilized that i was a seperate continent and was not part of azia. Geographers beagin calling in "america" in his honor. he was sponserd by spain. -
1513
Juan ponce de le'on
he made the first spanish landing. Also not only was he looking for gold but also the legendary foutian of youth, the tale states that if you drik the water from the foutain you will become more young/youthful. His exploration led to the forst spanish settlement -a fort the spainsh built at st.agustine, florida in 1565. was sponserd by spain. -
1519
Hernan cortez
he landed on the east coast. in 2 years he conquored the Aztec empire wich ruled the region. they where sponserd by spain. -
1520
Ferdinan Magellan
He reached the southernmost tip of south america. he sailed trough 2 diffrent types of water the strait water wich was peacful or the stromy waters with rough water and storms. because the waters where so calm magellen called it the pacific ocen because cal in spanish is "pacifico". sasly he died in the pillipeains islands, but his crew continued on sailng west and they made it back to spain in 1522. Magellens crew where the first to circumnavigate or sail aroung the world. spain sponserd them. -
1524
Giovanni de varazano
He explored the coast of north America from present day Novia Scotia, down to the carolinas. ( was sponserd by france) -
1528
Alvar nunez cabeza de vaca ( sponserd by spian)
He was part of the spainish expadition to florida. after conflict with the native americans they sailed twoards new mexico but lost 3 of thier 5 ships in a storm so they landed on a small island near texas. To "survive" they anslave an african and convinced him to perwade the others that they could heal thier sickenss by breathing on them and reciting lating prayers. In 1533 he set off on a long treak acroos the south west, he heard stories and the when he reach exico he told people about them. -
1531
Fransisco pizarro
led an army into the incan capital in cuzco,peruthe apanish aresstedthe exeuted the incan leader and because the incans werent able to put up a good fight pizarro soon became the ruler of a wethy incan empire. sponserd by spain -
1531
Vasco nunez balboa
he heard stories about the great waters just beong the moutians of panama, in central america. he decided to hike all the way out thier through rainforests to fin them. soon-ish after he found a body of water and claimed if for sapin along with the conecting lands. he was also the first ever europeian to see the pacific ocean from the americas. he was sponsered by spain -
1535
Jaques cartier
he sailed up the st.lawernce river hoping he would find the pacific but insted he found a mountian that he named Mount-Royal.
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1540
Fransisco Vasques de corondo
he was alo intrested in the gold went in a jorney. It took him thru new mexico and present day arazonia, untill his ezpidition lead him to a zunni settlemnt. he finally convinced himself their was no gold and moved on. some of the member travel on to colorado and modern day kansas but still thier was no gold they only found buffalios and wind swept plains. was sponserd by spain. -
1541
Hernando de soto
He got exited about the stories he heard in mexico he started an expiditon to explor florida, they spent 3 years traviling the stories of gold. they had encounters with the natives but they always turned out violent. He crossed the mississippi river in 1541 decribing it as swift and verry deep. after a long travel almost all the way to modern oklahoma de soto died from a fever, and his men buried him in the the mississippi river. sponserd by spain. -
Sep 28, 1542
Juan cabrillo
he first sighted whar now is california, for 2 years spain left it alone till 1769 when it got turned into the northern fronteir of the spanish Empire in north america. spain wanted to convert more native americans into cristianity. The settlement in california consisted mostly of mission buliding. sain taugh the native americans who lived on the mission how to be farmers. their mission became economically profitabke to sell items like wine, olive oil and leather. sponserd by spain. -
Henry hudson
He was sent of find a passage through the americas. He found a river that he then named after himself. Hudon sailed north on the hudson river all the way to present day albany- newyork. He ended up not finding a passage to india so he turned back around.( sponserd by france) -
Henry hudson
on his second expidiyon he was sent back out and he descoverd a large bay wich he also named after himself. Hudson spent month looking for and outlet but when his crewmates grew impatient and sent him, his son, and some crewmates adrift on a small boat never to be seen again. ( sponserd by france) -
Louis joliet and Jaques marquette
They traveld to the mississippi river in a canoe, they where hoping to fing precous meatles and a northwest passage. they soon figued out that the mississippi river leades you to the gulf of mexico insted of west into the pacific , so they eneded up going back up the river. ( sponserd by france) -
Robert caveelier de la salle
He followed the mississippi river all the way to the gulf of mexico, where he claimed the reigon for france, he called it loisiana in honor of louis XIV. ( sponserd by france )
