european exploration

the vikings

Nov 11, 1000

in a.d. 1000a man named leif erikson sailed from greenland to vinland,canada.leifs brother, thorvaldcame and found nine people sleeping under boats they kiiled all of them but one escaped then he came back with a army and kiiled thorvald and ended the vikings trip to north america

marco polo

Nov 18, 1271

in 1271 a man named marco polo went from venice,italy to asiaand saw the most amazing thing 2oo years later the adventures of marco polo were made into a book

THE TURKS

Nov 18, 1453

in 1453 there were a people known as the turks who were from ottoman,empire captuered the city of constantinople and took control of the middle east closing trade routes from europe and asia

barthalomeu dias

Nov 18, 1488

in 1488 a man named batholomeu dias was the first to sail aroundthe southern tip of africa the sailors grew sick and hungry and made him go back to potugal

martin behaim

Nov 18, 1492

in 1492 a man named martin behaim made the first globe ever made in europe. the globe was all wrong.he did not know about the other continents

vasca da gama

Nov 18, 1498

in 1498 a man named vasca da gama sailed around the tip of africa and got to india after he came back to portugal with a ship full of spices

martin waldseemuller

Dec 17, 1507

there was a man named martin waldseemuller he drew a map of america and named it after amerigo vespucci

vasco nunez de balboa

Dec 17, 1513

There was a man named Vasco Nunez de Balboa. He climed a mountain with African soldiers and Native American guides. When he got to the top he found the Pacific Ocean.

Ferdinand Magellan

Dec 17, 1519

There was an explorer named Ferdinand Magellan. Magellan tried to get to Asia by sailing west around the Americas. He sailed to what is now Brazil and then south along South America's eastern coast.

Hernando Cortes

Dec 17, 1519

There was a man named Hernando Cortes. He conquered the Aztecs because they had tons of gold. The king Motecuhzoma thought that Cortes was Quetzalcoatl, the light skinned God and then cortes killed him and conquered the aztecs.

francisco pizzarro

Dec 17, 1533

There was a man named Francisco Pizzaro, he conquered the Incas. The Incas were having a war of there own between brother and brother named Atahuallpa and Huascar. After Atahuallpa won the war, Pizarro went and killed Atahuallpa and conquered the Incas.