Exploration Timeline

  • Henry the Navigator
    Jan 1, 1419

    Henry the Navigator

    Prince Henry, was a Portugese explorer. He and someone were teaching people about navigation.
  • Christopher Columbus first voyage
    Nov 2, 1492

    Christopher Columbus first voyage

    Colombus first voyage was in 192, he went west and believed he had reached to the east indies.
  • second voyage
    Mar 1, 1493

    second voyage

    he believed that he had found uncharted islands in japan
  • Sign
    Jun 7, 1493

    Sign

    THeh treaty of tordesillas was an argreement agianst spain and portugal aimed at settling conflicts overland newly disvored by christopher columbus.
  • Vasco Da Gama Route
    Sep 10, 1497

    Vasco Da Gama Route

    By the time Gama returned from his first voyage to india in 1499, he had spent more than two years away from home, including 300 seas and had traveled some 24,000 miles.
  • Mar 9, 1500

    Cabral

    He reached brazil in 1500 on a boat.
  • Feridinand Magellan
    Jan 1, 1519

    Feridinand Magellan

    Found passage along southern trip of south america.
  • When did Cortes land
    Jan 1, 1519

    When did Cortes land

    Cortes landed in 1519.
  • fourth voyage

    fourth voyage

    This is the fourth and final journey of Christopher Columbus to 'The New World'. This end to a set of adventures is dramatic in and of itself. Christopher Columbus was not liked at his destination of Hispaniola but he was determined by his life-long dream to find the link between the Indies and the Indian Ocean. Unfortunately he was still way off in his calculations and still considered the Indies as being in Asia.
  • third voyage

    third voyage

    The goal behind the 3rd journey was bring supplies for the settlement and explore further south. It was May 30, 1498 when Christopher Columbus went from Spain, this time from the port of Sanlucar, with 6 vessels. The group of ships landed on June 19 at the Canary Islands, this was after a brief stop at Madeira and Porto Santo. From the Canary Islands they separated into two teams.