Exploration Timeline

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  • Sep 15, 1300

    Traveling to China

    People of Europenread of Marco Polo's travels to Cathy (China) and and other exciting Asian inslands.
  • Sep 15, 1400

    The Seas - early 1400's

    People in Europe began to look to the seas and beyond. They longed for adventure. They wanted to also spread Christianity.
  • Sep 16, 1450

    Prince Henry the navigator

    Prince Henry the navigator from Portugal he urged sea captains to explore Southward along the coast of Africa
  • Sep 15, 1492

    Columbus

    Columbus
    Columbus led his first expedition westward. He sailed the ocean blue. He arrived in the Bahamas and thought he was in Asia, and called them Indians.
  • Sep 15, 1497

    Vasco da Gama

    1497-1498 Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama found such a route and sailed all the way to India.
  • Sep 15, 1497

    King Henry VII

    King Henry VII sent Cabot on a voyage to the West. The English thought that there might be a water route through the Americans that would lead north and west to Asia.
  • Period: Sep 15, 1497 to Sep 15, 1498

    Vasco da Gama

    1497-1498 Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama found such a route and sailed all the way to India.
  • Sep 15, 1498

    South American

    Columbus reached South American.
  • Sep 16, 1508

    Juan Ponce de Leon

    Juan Ponce de Leon explored and settled the island of
    puerto Rico. Taking notice back Spain, King Ferdinand authorized ponce de Leon to explore lands north of Cuba.
  • Sep 16, 1513

    Ponce da Leon

    Ponce da Leon set out with ships and crew.
    his expectidiion landed on the east coast of Florida, a name Ponce da Leon derived from the Spanish word for "flower" .
  • Sep 16, 1520

    Spain

    Spain was the most powerful nationnin the world.
  • Sep 15, 1524

    King Francis I

    King Francis I of France sent Italian navigator Giovanni da Verrazano westward looking for the Pamlico and Albemarle Sounds.
  • Jul 16, 1526

    Rio Jordan colony

    In July 1526, Ayllon led a groupp of over 500 men, women, and children to river he called 'Jordan' (for the Jordan River in ancient Palestine).
  • Sep 16, 1539

    Herdando de Soto

    Herdando de Soto sailed with a millitary expedition from Havana, Cuba, to west coast of Florida.
  • Sep 16, 1540

    de Soto's soldiers

    de Soto's soldiers marched norhtward to a site near present day Tallahasse, Florida.
  • Sep 16, 1560

    The Spanish Set SIghts Southward

    The Atlantic coastal region that is today part of the southeastern US had seen a flurry of Spanish activity in the1560's
  • Sep 16, 1562

    France

    France sent a colony under the command of Jean Ribault to North America.
  • Sep 16, 1562

    Port Royal

    Ribault's Huguenots attempted to settle near present day Port Royal, South Carolina, in April 1562.
  • Sep 16, 1564

    St. Augustine

    To Spanish officials, the French fort seemed a direct threat. In 1565 Spain sent troops under Pedro Menendez de Aviles to Florida.
  • Sep 16, 1566

    Spanish Expeditions

    In late 1566, Juan Pardo and Hernando Boyano led a small group of men to the South Carolina coast. From there, they pushed north and west on nearly the same route that de Soto had taken 25 taken years earlier.