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1000
Leif Erickson
he was the first known European to have set foot on continental North America approximately half a millennium before Christopher Columbus. -
1487
bartolomeu dias
discovered the southern tip of africa. he called it the "cape of good hope". he was sponsored by Portugal -
1492
Christopher Columbus
he led 90 sailors in three ships on a voyage into the unknown. -
1497
vasco da gama
sailed all around Africa and all the way to india.
Won the european race for a sea route to asia. -
1497
John Cabot
he landed on the coast of present day newfoundland. -
1498
Pedro Alvares Cabral
he found Brazil for Portugal. -
1499
Amerigo Vespucci
he led a voyage funded by spain -
1513
vasco nuez de ballboa.
bllbao was the first European to see and claim the pacific ocean -
1513
Juan Ponce de Leon
he made the first Spanish landing on the east coast of present day Florida in 1513. -
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. -
1520
Ferdinand Magellan
he sailed for spain -
1524
Giovanni de Varrazano
he explored the coast of north america from present day nova Scotia down to the Carolina. -
1528
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
Alvar Nunez was part of a Spanish expedition to Florida in 1528. -
1531
Francisco Pizarro
he led an army into the Inca capital in Cuzco,peru. -
1535
Jacques Cartier
he sailed up the St.Lawrence river,hoping it would lead to the pacific. -
1540
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
his travels took him through northern mexico and present day Arizona and new mexico,until his expedition reached zuni. -
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. -
1542
Juan Cabrillo
he first signed what is now California. -
Henry Hudson
they sent him to look for a passage -
Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette
he traveled the Mississippi river by canoe. -
Robert Cavelier de La Salle
he followed the Mississippi all the way to the gulf of mexico.
