European Exploration

By JaymeM
  • Period: Sep 16, 1400 to

    Europeans discover and explore the New World

  • Columbus leads his first expedition westward.
    Sep 15, 1492

    Columbus leads his first expedition westward.

    Lands in the Bahamas.
  • Sep 15, 1497

    John Cabot sails in search of a passage around the Americas.

    Henry the 7th sent Cabot to find the Northwest passage.
  • Period: Sep 15, 1497 to Sep 15, 1498

    Vasco da Gama finds rout to India.

  • Sep 15, 1498

    Columbus makes another voyage.

    This time, he lands in South America.
  • Period: Sep 15, 1508 to Sep 15, 1509

    Juan Ponce de Leon explores Puerto Rico

  • Sep 15, 1513

    Juan Ponce de Leon sets out on another voyage.

    He explores Florida.
  • Jan 1, 1520

    Spain was the most powerful nation in the world.

  • Sep 15, 1524

    Giovanni da Verrazano sails westward

    Verrazano lands on the Outer Banks of NC.
  • Jul 15, 1526

    Lucas Vazquez de Ayllon

    Ayllon led a group to a river, and settled them there.
  • Sep 16, 1539

    Hernando de Soto sails over to see the interior of the land.

    Soldiers marches to Tallahassee, Florida to see if thghere was gold and silver inland.
  • Period: Dec 16, 1539 to May 16, 1540

    Hernando de Soto stays in Tallahassee over the Winter.

  • Sep 16, 1562

    France sends a colony to the New World

    The colony is led be Jan Ribault.
  • Sep 16, 1564

    The Colonists gave up and returned to France.

  • Sep 16, 1565

    Spain sends troops to make a fort in Florida.