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early explorers

  • Leif Erickson
    1000

    Leif Erickson

    he was the first known European to have set foot on continental North America approximately half a millennium before Christopher Columbus.
  • bartolomeu dias
    1487

    bartolomeu dias

    discovered the southern tip of africa. he called it the "cape of good hope". he was sponsored by Portugal
  • Christopher Columbus
    1492

    Christopher Columbus

    he led 90 sailors in three ships on a voyage into the unknown.
  • vasco da gama
    1497

    vasco da gama

    sailed all around Africa and all the way to india.
    Won the european race for a sea route to asia.
  • John Cabot
    1497

    John Cabot

    he landed on the coast of present day newfoundland.
  • Pedro Alvares Cabral
    1498

    Pedro Alvares Cabral

    he found Brazil for Portugal.
  • Amerigo Vespucci
    1499

    Amerigo Vespucci

    he led a voyage funded by spain
  • vasco nuez de ballboa.
    1513

    vasco nuez de ballboa.

    bllbao was the first European to see and claim the pacific ocean
  • Juan Ponce de Leon
    1513

    Juan Ponce de Leon

    he made the first Spanish landing on the east coast of present day Florida in 1513.
  • Hernan Cortes
    1519

    Hernan Cortes

    he landed on the east cost of new mexico on present day.within 2 years of time Cortes conquered the Aztec empire.
  • Ferdinand Magellan
    1520

    Ferdinand Magellan

    he sailed for spain
  • Giovanni de Varrazano
    1524

    Giovanni de Varrazano

    he explored the coast of north america from present day nova Scotia down to the Carolina.
  • Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
    1528

    Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

    Alvar Nunez was part of a Spanish expedition to Florida in 1528.
  • Francisco Pizarro
    1531

    Francisco Pizarro

    he led an army into the Inca capital in Cuzco,peru.
  • Jacques Cartier
    1535

    Jacques Cartier

    he sailed up the St.Lawrence river,hoping it would lead to the pacific.
  • Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
    1540

    Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

    his travels took him through northern mexico and present day Arizona and new mexico,until his expedition reached zuni.
  • Hernando de Soto
    1541

    Hernando de Soto

    he led an expedition to explore Florida and what is today the southern united states. he also crossed the Mississippi river describing it as swift an very deep.
  • Juan Cabrillo
    1542

    Juan Cabrillo

    he first signed what is now California.
  • Henry Hudson

    Henry Hudson

    they sent him to look for a passage
  • Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette

    Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette

    he traveled the Mississippi river by canoe.
  • Robert Cavelier de La Salle

    Robert Cavelier de La Salle

    he followed the Mississippi all the way to the gulf of mexico.