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Early Explores

  • Prince Henry sailed for Portugal
    1434

    Prince Henry sailed for Portugal

    Henry reached Cape Bojador.
  • Alvise da Cadamosto sailed for Portugal
    1455

    Alvise da Cadamosto sailed for Portugal

    Reached the Mouth of the Gambia River.
  • Bartolomeu Dias sailed for Portugul
    1487

    Bartolomeu Dias sailed for Portugul

    Sailed south and made it to the bottom of Africa in 1488.
  • Christopher Columbus Sails for Portugal
    1492

    Christopher Columbus Sails for Portugal

    Sails to Arctic Circle, and Africa's Gold Coast
  • Vasco da Gama sailed for Portugal
    1497

    Vasco da Gama sailed for Portugal

    Sailed all around Africa, and all the way to India.
  • Pedro Álvares Cabral sails for Portugal
    1500

    Pedro Álvares Cabral sails for Portugal

    Names Island of the True Cross
  • Afonso de Albuquerque sailed for Portugal
    1507

    Afonso de Albuquerque sailed for Portugal

    Sailed to the Spice Islands
  • Ferdinand Magellan sailed for Portugal

    Ferdinand Magellan sailed for Portugal

    Magellan sailed across the world.
  • James Cook sailed for Brittany (1st Voyage)

    James Cook sailed for Brittany (1st Voyage)

    He passed Africa to reach Tahiti.
  • James Cook sailed for Brittany (2nd Voyage)

    James Cook sailed for Brittany (2nd Voyage)

    Cook passes Africa on his way to Antarctica.
  • James Cook sailed for Brittany (3rd Voyage)

    James Cook sailed for Brittany (3rd Voyage)

    Cook passes Africa to get to North America, and Asia
  • Sir Richard Francis Burton Sailed for Europe

    Sir Richard Francis Burton Sailed for Europe

    First European to see Muslim Territory.