European Exploration and Discoveries in the New World

  • Leif Erkison
    1000

    Leif Erkison

    He discovered the North American Continent.
  • Bartolomeu Dias
    1488

    Bartolomeu Dias

    First European to round the tip of Africa
  • Christopher Columbus
    1492

    Christopher Columbus

    First Spanish man to set foot in a new world.
  • John Cabot
    1497

    John Cabot

    John was sent to map out North America.
  • Vasco da Gama
    1497

    Vasco da Gama

    First European to sail the seas to India.
  • Amerigo Vespucci
    1507

    Amerigo Vespucci

    Told everyone the West Indies was actually a new continent.They named the new continent America in honor.
  • Ponce De Leon
    1512

    Ponce De Leon

    Looked for the fountain of youth,never found it but he landed in Florida.
  • Vasco Nunez de Balboa
    1513

    Vasco Nunez de Balboa

    First man to cross the Panama Isthmus to the Pacific Ocean.Started a colony in Panama.
  • Ferdinand Magellan
    1519

    Ferdinand Magellan

    Organized the East Indies exploration.It resulted in a circumnavigation of the whole world.
  • Hernan Cortez
    1519

    Hernan Cortez

    Spanish Conquistador who destroyed the Aztec empire.
  • Giovanni Verrazzano
    1524

    Giovanni Verrazzano

    First European to explore the Atlantic coast of North America.
  • Jacques Cartier
    1534

    Jacques Cartier

    Claimed Canada as french territory.
  • Francisco Pizarro
    1535

    Francisco Pizarro

    Spanish man who wiped out the Inca tribes.
  • Hernado De Soto
    1539

    Hernado De Soto

    First European to discover the Mississippi River.
  • Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
    1540

    Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

    Spanish conquistador and explorer who led a large expedition from Mexico
  • Sir Frances Drake
    1577

    Sir Frances Drake

    carried out the second circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition.
  • Henry Hudson

    Henry Hudson

    Known for making many explorations in Canada.