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Colombus led his first expedition westward. He landed in the Bahamas, islands that he believed to be near Asia
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King Henry VII sent Cabot on a voyage to the west. The English thoyght that there might be a water route through the Americas that would lead nofrth and west Asia.
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Colombus reached South America. Later, a mapmaker renamed the continent America.
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Juan Ponce de Leon was a spanish official in the New World. In 1508-1509, he explored and settled the island of Puerto Rico.
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Juan Ponce de Leon set out with hips and crew. His expedition landed on the east coast of Florida, a name Ponce de Leon to explore lands north of Cuba.
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He had seen some of the Alantic coastline of this region on an expedition in 1520. Allyon intended to plant a strong colony for Spain along that coast.
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Giovanni da Verrazano wrote a report of his voyage and explorations to King Francis I of France. Verrazano's vivid report detailed the excitement and danger of such a journey, including this story about the experiences of a young sailor.
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King Francis I of France sent Italian navigator Giovanni da Verrazano westward. Verrazano first reached North Carolina's Outer Banks.
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He led a group over 500 men, women, and children to a river he called "Jordan" (for the Jordan River in ancient Plastine). Historians today believe that it was actually North Carolina's Cape Fear River.
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He sailed with a military expedition from Havana, Cuba, to the west coast of Florida.