Exploration

By chloeyates2001
  • Sep 3, 1453

    Henry the navigator

    Henry the navigator
    He urged the captains to explore southward along the coast of Africa.
  • Sep 2, 1492

    Chrisopher Columbus

    Chrisopher sailed the ocean blue in 1492.
  • Sep 2, 1496

    Ferdinand and Isabella

    Ferdinand and Isabella
    In 1496 they were the king and queen of England.
  • Jun 15, 1497

    Vasco de Gama

    Vasco de Gama
    In 1497 Vasco de Gama sailed all the way to India.
  • Sep 3, 1497

    John Cabot

    King Henry VII sent Cabot on a voyage to the West.
  • Jun 15, 1508

    Juan Ponce de Leon

    He was a Spanish offical in the new world.
  • Sep 3, 1520

    Lucas Vasquez de Ayllon

    He wanted to plan a strong colony for Spain along the coast of Florida.
  • Sep 3, 1524

    Giovanni da Verrazno

    King Francis I of France sent Italian navigator Giovanni da Verrazno westward.
  • Sep 3, 1539

    Hernando de Soto

    He sailed with the military expodition from Havana, Cuba to the west coast of Florida.From there they marched northward to a site near present day Tallahassee, Florida. They spent the Winter there in Spring they crossed into Georgia and South Carolina and passed through the western tip of North Carolina. De Soto and his men were the first Europeans to see the regions. They meet Cherokee Indias who treated them with geneorosity. De Soto died on the trip.
  • Sep 3, 1562

    Jean Ribault

    France sent a colony to the new world under Ribaults comand.
  • Sep 3, 1564

    Rere de Laudonniere

    A band of Huguenots, lead by Laudonniere settled at Fort Coraline on the north Florida coast.
  • Sep 3, 1565

    Pedro Menendez de Aviles

    Spain sent trops under his comand to Florida. He build a fort at St. Augustine. He captured Fort Coraline and killed most of the French defender.
  • May 13, 1566

    Pedro de Corona

    He marked the landing at Currituck Inlet by placement of wooden cross on the shore.
  • Sep 3, 1566

    Juan Pardo and Hernando Boyano

    They lead a small group of men to the South Carolina coast. They went nearly the same route that De Soto had taken. They build a fort in the foothills of the Blue Ridge mountain.