-
People of Europenread of Marco Polo's travels to Cathy (China) and and other exciting Asian inslands.
-
People in Europe began to look to the seas and beyond. They longed for adventure. They wanted to also spread Christianity.
-
Prince Henry the navigator from Portugal he urged sea captains to explore Southward along the coast of Africa
-
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.
-
1497-1498 Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama found such a route and sailed all the way to India.
-
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.
-
1497-1498 Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama found such a route and sailed all the way to India.
-
Columbus reached South American.
-
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. -
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" . -
Spain was the most powerful nationnin the world.
-
King Francis I of France sent Italian navigator Giovanni da Verrazano westward looking for the Pamlico and Albemarle Sounds.
-
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).
-
Herdando de Soto sailed with a millitary expedition from Havana, Cuba, to west coast of Florida.
-
de Soto's soldiers marched norhtward to a site near present day Tallahasse, Florida.
-
The Atlantic coastal region that is today part of the southeastern US had seen a flurry of Spanish activity in the1560's
-
France sent a colony under the command of Jean Ribault to North America.
-
Ribault's Huguenots attempted to settle near present day Port Royal, South Carolina, in April 1562.
-
To Spanish officials, the French fort seemed a direct threat. In 1565 Spain sent troops under Pedro Menendez de Aviles to Florida.
-
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.
Want to make a timeline like this?
Use Timetoast to turn dates, events, milestones, and phases into a clear visual timeline you can build and share. Timetoast is a timeline maker for work, school, research, and stories.