Vespucci

European Explorers

  • Vikings
    Aug 1, 1000

    Vikings

    Vikings were people who lived in northern Europe. They were in Europe, Canada, and Vinland. They were the first known Euroeans to discover America. They also wrote the Greenlanders Saga.
  • Lief Eriksson
    Aug 1, 1000

    Lief Eriksson

    Lief Erikkson was a viking explorerwho set sil from Greenland heading west. He was in Greenland and Vinland. He was the first viking to discover Vinland and spent many years settling the new found land.
  • Vinland
    Aug 1, 1000

    Vinland

    Vinland was an island discovered by the vikings.
  • Marco Polo
    Aug 1, 1200

    Marco Polo

    He was a trader. He wrote a book about the riches of Asia. He was in Asia and Europe. He inspired the nobles to travel to Asia.
  • Prince Henry
    Aug 16, 1400

    Prince Henry

    He was a teacher at the Navigator School he made. He taught how to make, and read maps. He lived in Portagul. He gave the Europeans courage to sail.
  • Constantinople
    Sep 1, 1400

    Constantinople

    Constantinople is an island discovered by the Europeans. It was a trading post. It later got taken over by Muzlem Turkish people.
  • Bartholomeu Dias
    Aug 1, 1450

    Bartholomeu Dias

    He was a Portagul explorer who opened trade routes to Asia and Europe over sea.
  • Amerigo Vespucci
    Aug 1, 1452

    Amerigo Vespucci

    He was a merchant and a cartoghrapher. He discovered the Americas and named them after himself.
  • Vasco da Gama
    Aug 1, 1460

    Vasco da Gama

    He was the govener of Portagul who opened a trade rute to India over sea.
  • Matrin Behaim
    Aug 1, 1492

    Matrin Behaim

    He was a cartographer and he made the first "world apple" (globe). He lived in Germany. He gave the Europeans courage to sail/
  • Christopher Columbus
    Aug 1, 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    He was an explorer who sailed to North America He was in Europe and North America. He told every one about the Americas.
  • Guanahalli
    Aug 1, 1492

    Guanahalli

    Guanahalli was the name the natives gave it. It was the island that Christopher Columbus landed on.
  • Giovanni Caboto
    Aug 1, 1497

    Giovanni Caboto

    He was an Itallian explorerand he thought he found a water route to China but he found America.
  • Ferdinan Magellan
    Aug 1, 1500

    Ferdinan Magellan

    He was a Portagesse exlorer who sailed to Atlantic Ocean. He was the first to sail through the Strait of Magellan.
  • Vasco Nunez de Balboa
    Aug 1, 1500

    Vasco Nunez de Balboa

    He was a Spanish explorer who sailed to the Pacific Ocean. He was the first Spanish explorer to reach the Pacific.