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Jan 1, 1271
Marco Polo started his exploration
Marco Polo started his exploration from Venice to Cathey -
Period: Jan 1, 1271 to Jan 1, 1298
Marco Polo explorations
Marco Polo starts his exploration from Venice to Cathey on the Silk Route -
Jan 1, 1492
Christopher Columbus starts 1st exploration
Christopher Columbus starts 1 exploration from Spain to Cuba -
Period: Jan 1, 1492 to Jan 1, 1504
Christopher Columbus Explorations
Christopher Columbus lead key explorations between those years to Cuba, and what is now Florida and Mexico -
Jan 1, 1497
John Cabots exploration
John Cabot starts exploration from England to Newfoundland -
Period: Jan 1, 1497 to Dec 1, 1497
John Cabot's exploration
John Cabot explored Newfoundland and Canada -
Period: Jan 1, 1499 to Jan 1, 1501
Amerigo Vespucchi explorations
On the first voyage he went south of where Columbus landed. Two years later he sailed down the coast of South America -
Oct 1, 1499
Amerigo Vespucci's start exploration
Amerigo Vespucci sailed from Italy to just south of where Columbus landed. -
Jan 1, 1513
Vasco Nunez de Balboa begins exploration
Balboa sailed from Spain to Panama. He became governor of the new area because the King was so happy. He died in 1518 -
Jan 1, 1513
Ponce de Leon started exploration
Ponce sailed from Spain to Puerto Rico and Florida. -
Period: Oct 13, 1513 to Oct 13, 1521
Ponce de Leon
Ponce de Leon went on Columbus third voyage. In 1513 he sailed from Spain to Puerto Rico and then went to Florida. He died in Florida trying the find the fountain of youth -
Jan 1, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan being exploration
Magella left Spain and sailed around the world. He sailed the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans. They stoped in the Phillippine Islands and he got killed during a war there. -
Period: Jan 1, 1519 to Jan 1, 1521
Magellans exploration
He traveled around the world and died in the Phillippean Islands in 1521 because of war. -
Jan 1, 1524
Giovanni da Verrazano starts exploration
He made three vovages from France from 1513-1541 to North Carolina and up the coast to Newfoundland -
Period: Jan 1, 1524 to Jan 1, 1541
Verrazano explorations
Verrazano explored North Carolina, the Atlantic Coast and Newfoundland during his three explorations. -
Jan 1, 1534
Jacques Cartier being explorations
Cartier from France explored the St. Lawerence River and was looking for the Northwest Passage. He also explored Quebec. -
Period: Jan 1, 1534 to Jan 1, 1541
Cartier explorations
Cartier made three trips to to North America. He explored the St. Lawerence River and Quebec. -
Henry Hudson begins exploration
Hudson from England but supports by the Dutch sailed to what is now the Hudson River, Hudson Bay, and Hudson Straight. He made three voyages and then his ship got frozen and the crew rebelled and sent Hudson and 8 others on a small boat. They were never seen again. -
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Henry Hudson
Hudson sailed three times to what is now Hudson Bay, Hudson Straight and Hudson River.
