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Sep 3, 1490
The Columbian Exchange
In the years following columbus's voyages a great interaction between the new world and old world took exchange. -
Sep 3, 1497
John Cabot
One european with such ideas was John Cabot an italian living in england.In 1497 King Henry VII sent cabot on a voyage to the west.The english thought that there might be a water route through the americaas. -
Sep 3, 1508
Juan Ponce de Leon
He explored and settled in the land of puerto rico taking notice back to spain King Ferinand demanded leon search the lands of Cuba in the ear;y 1513 leon set out with ships and a crew his expedition landed on the east coast of florida. -
Sep 3, 1524
Giovanni da Verrazano
In 1524 Francis 1 of france sent a italan navigator Giovanni da Verrazano.Verrazano first reached land of north carolinas outer banks across those narrow islands the thought he saw the pacific ocean in fact he was lookig at bemarle and Pamlico sounds. -
Sep 3, 1539
De soto Expedition
The spanish wanted to know more about the interior of north america.In 1939 soto sailed with a military expedition from havana cuba to the west coast of florida. -
Sep 3, 1562
France and spain fight for land
Jean Ribault to North america the colonists were Huguenots or french protestant they were persucuted in catholic france -
Sep 3, 1566
more spanish expeditions
there coranas a leader of the expedition marked there land by placing a wooden cross