Early Explorers

Leif Ericsson

1000

First Norse or Viking to make it to north america. Was sponsored by Iceland.

Alvar Nuez Cabeza de Vaca

1425

Spanish explorer that walked the lands of the eastern areas of America.

Bartholomew Dias

1488

Discovers the southern tip of Africa. Called it the cape of good hope. He was sponsored by the country of Portugal.

Christopher Columbus

1492

The first explorer to try to sail all around the world and ended up in america. Sponsored by Spain.

Amerigo Vespucci

1497

Italian explorer that is the reason america is named America. He was sponsored by Spain and Portugal.

John Cabot

1497

John Cabot was a Venetian navigator and explorer. He did fleets to North America for England.

Vasco da Gama

1497

He was the first European to reach India by sea. He was sponsored by Portugal,

Pedro Alvares Cabral

1500

Pedro Alvares Cabral was a Portuguese nobleman, military commander, navigator and explorer regarded as the European discoverer of Brazil.

Francisco Pizarro

1513

Spanish conquistador that concurred the areas now known as Peru and gained wealth.

Juan ponce de leon

1513

The first Spanish explorer to explore the lands of florida.

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

1513

Vasco Núñez de Balboa was a Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador. He is best known for having crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean

Herman Cortes

1519

Spanish conquistador that concurred the Aztec lands, stole their gold, enslaved and killed them.

Giovanni da Verrazzano

1521

Giovanni da Verrazzano was a Florentine explorer of North America, in the service of King Francis I of France.

Ferdinand Magellan

1522

Portuguese explorer that organised the Spanish expedition from the east indies.

jacques cartier

1524

Jacques Cartier was a French-Breton explorer who claimed what is now Canada for France.

Hermando de Soto

1530

Spanish explorer that explored modern day Yucatan and Nicaragua.

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

1540

Spanish explorer that led a huge expedition from Mexico all the way to Kansas.

Juan cabrillo

1542

Spanish explorer that explored the lands of south west america like new mexico or Arizona.

Henry Hudson

1607

Henry Hudson was an English sea explorer and navigator during the early 17th century, best known for his explorations of present-day Canada and parts of the northeastern United States.

Louis Joliet

1673

He founded missions in present-day Michigan and later joined explorer Louis Joliet on an expedition to discover and map the Mississippi River.

Robert Cavelier de La Salle

1760

René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle was a 17th-century French explorer and fur trader in North America.He explored the lakes of america and canada and the gulf of mexico.