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Early Explores

  • Leif Erickson
    1000

    Leif Erickson

    Leif Ericson was an Norse explorer from Iceland. He is thought to have been the first known European to have set foot on continental North America
  • bartolomeu dias
    1487

    bartolomeu dias

    he set out from lisbon with two small caravels and a supply ship.
  • christopher columbus
    1492

    christopher columbus

    Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer and navigator who completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean.
  • john cabot
    1497

    john cabot

    He claimed land in Canada for England. After setting sail in May 1498 for a return voyage to North America.
  • amerigo vespucci
    1497

    amerigo vespucci

    Amerigo vespucci embarked on his first voyage. On his third and most successful voyage, he discovered present-day Rio de Janeiro
  • vasco da gama
    1497

    vasco da gama

    Vasco da Gama is the first Count of Vidigueira, was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea
  • francisco pizarro
    1513

    francisco pizarro

    franciso who explored the andez of the south america and the lnca empire.
  • juan ponce de leon
    1513

    juan ponce de leon

    explored the days of florida,while looking for the fountain younth.
  • vasco nunez de balbo
    1513

    vasco nunez de balbo

    vasco nunez de valbo was a Spanish explorer, governor. He is best known for having crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean
  • hernando cortez
    1519

    hernando cortez

    hernando cortez was a Spanish conquistador and explorer who defeated the Aztecs and claimed Mexico for Spain.
  • ferdinand magellen
    1520

    ferdinand magellen

    he said from span, to the southen most tip of south america, he sailed through the stormy waters of a sea.
  • alvar nunez cabeza de vaca
    1527

    alvar nunez cabeza de vaca

    explored the north america and the southwest with a native slave.
  • Jacques Cartier
    1534

    Jacques Cartier

    Jacques Cartier was the first European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence
  • hernando de soto
    1539

    hernando de soto

    explored florida and north carolina
  • juan cabrillo
    1542

    juan cabrillo

    Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo was a maritime explorer best known for investigations of the West Coast of North America.
  • francisco vasquaz de coronado
    1542

    francisco vasquaz de coronado

    who led a large expedition from Mexico to present-day Kansas through parts of the southwestern
  • Samuel de Champlain

    Samuel de Champlain

    He made between 21 and 29 trips across the Atlantic Ocean.
  • Henry Hudson

    Henry Hudson

    sailing voyages in search of an ice-free passage to Asia.
  • Henry Hudson

    Henry Hudson

    he embarked on a third voyage funded by the Dutch East India Company that took him to the New World and the river that would be given his name.
  • Rene-Robert De La Salle

    Rene-Robert De La Salle

    was an explorer best known for leading an expedition down the Illinois and Mississippi rivers.