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Leif Erikkson
He was a viking sailor who left Scandinavia and landed in present-day Canada. He was the first European in North America. -
1487
Bartolomeu Dias
Discovered the southern tip of Africa and he called it "Cape of good hopes" he was sponsored by Portugal -
1492
Christopher Columbus
He tried to reach Asia by sailing West across the Atlantic, but he landed in the Americans. He was sponsored by Spain -
1497
Vasco De Gama
He found a sea route to Asia and sailed along the coast of Africa , all the way to India. He was sponsored by Portugal. -
1497
John Cabot
Cabot left Bristol England on the Matthew a fast and able ship weighing 50 tons, with a crew of 18 men. Him and his crew sailed west and north because , he believed that the route to Asia would be shorter from northern Europe than Columbus's Voyage along the trade winds -
1499
Amerigo Vespucci
He explored the coast of south America and realized it was a separate Continent, Calling it the Americas. -
1509
Francisco Pizarro
He left for Spain, he also took a voyage to panama, witch was a base for explorations into south america -
1513
Juan Ponce de Leon
He led the first Known European expedition to La Florida . He ended up landing somewhere along Florida's east coast, then charted the Atlantic coast down to the Florida keys and North along the Gulf coast -
1513
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
He crossed the Caribbean coasts from the east of panama, along the Colombian coast, through the gulf of Uraba toward Cabo de la Vela . The expedition continued to explore the north east of South America, Until they realized they did not have enough men and sailed to Hispaniola -
1519
Ferdinand Magellan
He Organised the Spanish expedition to the East indies, resulting in the first circumnavigation of the earth was completed by Juan Sebastian Elcano -
1520
Pedro Alvares Cabral
He was a Portuguese navigator who discovered Brazil . In 1500 , he led an expedition to the east indies of the rout pioneered by Vasco da Gama . To avoid contrary winds and currents , he took a west ward course in the Atlantic and touched on the coast of Brazil , witch he claimed for Portugal -
1521
Hernan Cortes
He was a Spanish conquistador or conqueror, best remembered for conquering the Aztec empire, later in time he started to claim Mexico and Spain. -
1524
Giovanni de Varrazano
He was an Italian explorer who charted the Atlantic Coast of North America between the Carolinas and new found land including new York harbor. -
1528
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
He and some other people traveled threw the american Southwest and ultimately reached mexico city , nearly 8 years after being wrecked on the island -
1534
Jacques Cartier
He sailed on April 20th, with 2 ships and 61 men, and arrived 20 days later. He explored the west coast of Newfoundland, discovered Prince Edward Island and sailed through the Gulf of St. Lawrence , past Anticosti Island. -
1538
Hernando de Soto
He set out for Spain in April, set with 10 ships and 700 men. He landed at Tampa bay in may, during the spring he led his men north through Georgia and west through the Carolinas and Tennessee, guided by Indians whom they captive along the way. -
1542
Juan Cabrillo
The Spanish explorer Juan Cabrillo discovers Sand Diego Bay While searching for the strait of Anian, A mythical all-water route across north America , in June he departed from the West Coast of mexico and sailed northward to probe the complex broken coastline of the pacific. -
1554
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
He was a Spanish conquistador and explorer who led a large expedition from mexico to present-day Kansas through parts of the southwestern United States. -
Henry Hudson
He made 4 voyages in search of water route to the far East . His first 2 voyages were through Arctic waters and proved to be unsuccessful due to ice . His 3rd and 4th voyages were north America where he discovered and sailed the Hudson River , Hudson Strait, and Hudson Bay . -
Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette
They both departed from St. Ignace, Michigan with two canoes and five other voyageurs of french Indian ancestry . The group sailed to Green Bay. They then paddled upstream( southward ) on the fox River to the site now Known as portage , Wisconsin . -
Robert Cavelier de La Salle
He set out for North America with a large contingent of 4 ships and 300 sailors to establish a French colony on the Gulf of Mexico at the mouth of the Mississippi River and challenge Spanish rule in Mexico. The expedition encountered problems nearly from the start.
