early explores

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  • 1000

    Leif Eriksson is a viking

    1st Europeans to reach N america.
  • 1450

    john Cabot sailed for English

  • 1491

    CARTIER, JACQUES sailed for English

  • 1497

    Vasco De Gama sailed for portugal

    1st to sail around Africa all the way to Asia
  • 1502

    Christopher Columbus - sailed for Spain

    his 2nd voyage
  • 1513

    Juan Ponce de Leon sailed for spain

  • 1519

    CORTES, HERNAN sailed for spain

  • Period: 1519 to 1522

    Ferdinand Magellan sailed for Spain

  • 1523

    Christopher Columbus - sailed for Spain

    his 3rd voyage
  • 1528

    VERRAZZANO, GIOVANNI DA sailed for Spain

  • 1532

    Francisco Pizzaro - sailed for spain

  • 1532

    Christopher Columbus - sailed for Spain

    his 4th voyage
  • 1536

    Vasco Nunez de

  • Period: 1539 to 1542

    Hernando de Soto

    explored Florida and North Carolina
  • Period: 1540 to 1542

    Francisco Vasquez de Coronade

    finds the grand canyon
  • 1542

    Juan Cabrillo sailed for Spain

    he explorers up from Mexico

  • JOLIET, LOUIS sailed for Spain

  • Christopher Columbus - sailed for Spain

    sailed to North America, across the Atlantic Ocean.