Exploration of the New World

By jandmechols
  • Aug 3, 1492

    Columbus Left Spain

    he left on te Nina the Pinta and the Santa Maria sailing South-west past the canary islands
  • Nov 3, 1492

    Columbus returns to Spain

  • May 1, 1497

    John Cabot explores

    King Henry VII gave Cabot permission to explore any "unknown land". He sailed off with one ship and 17 mean and sailed around the coast of Ireland.
  • Jun 24, 1497

    Cabot reached Canada

    Cabot reaches Canada and claimed the land for England. He saw thick green forrests and plentiful fish but not the golded Chinese cities he was searching for. He though he had found Asia. One year later he searched again and his ship sank at sea.
  • Jan 1, 1506

    Ponce de Leon explores

    There is no specific date given for this exploration, but in this year... Ponce de Leon explore an island names Borinquin which later became Puerto Rico. He stayed here for years searching or the "fountain of youth"
  • Jan 1, 1513

    Ponce de Leon and Florida

    here is no specific date given for this exploration, but in this year...
    Ponce de Leon left Puerto Rico and after a month of sailing he reached a coast eith sweet-smelling flowers, palm trees, and beautiful birds. This day was the day of Feast of the Easter Flowers, or Pascua Florida, this land later became known as Florida.
  • Jan 1, 1519

    Hernan Cortes explores

    there is no specific date given for this exploration, but in this year...
    Hernan Cortes sailed to Mexico to conquer a native people called the Aztecs. He kept the Aztec emperor captive for six months.
  • Jan 1, 1521

    Aztecs are defeated by Cortes

    there is no specific date given for this exploration, but in this year...
  • Jan 1, 1534

    Jacques Cartier

    there is no specific date given for this exploration, but in this year...
    The French King sent an experienced sailor and navigator to find the Northwest Passage.

    One year later he found the mouth of the river and named it the St. Lawrence River.
  • Jan 1, 1540

    Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

    there is no specific date given for this exploration, but in this year...
    Spain wanted more land in North America. So then sent Coronado to search for the Seven Cities of Gold in Cibola (now New Mexico). They found the Grand Canyon, and the Rio Grande Valley, but no gold.

  • Henry Hudson

    there is no specific date given for this exploration, but in this year...
    teh Dutch East India Company in Holland hires Henry Hudson to set out for China. He tried to sail across the top of Europe near the Arctice Circle.

  • Hudson reaches Maine

    In July of 1609 Hudson reaches Maine and the Chesapeake Bay. They believed this to be the Northwest passage and sailed up the waterway. It became too Narrow and realized it was only a river, now called the Hudson River.

  • Robert de La Salle

    there is no specific date given for this exploration, but in this year...
    Robert de La Salle sailed to "New France" and explored the Ohio River. He set out to triavel the Mississippi River that was explained to him by the Indians.

  • La Salle find Lousianna

    there is no specific date given for this exploration, but in this year...
    Robert de La Salle sets out to travel the Mississippi River in canoes. He named the area around the mouth of the river Louisianna after the French King, King Lous XIV.

  • Columbus Spots land

    A white beached, densly forrested island is spotted by a sailor on one of Columbus' ships. They named the island San Salvado which means "holy savior" in Spanish. Columbus called them INDIANS becaue he though they had reached the East Indies.