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Period: Nov 29, 1487 to Nov 29, 1488
Bartolomeu Dias
He discovered the Cape of Good Hope, in May 1488.The expedition sailed south along the West coast of Africa.Dias continued east and entered what he named Aguada de São Brás (Bay of Saint Blaise)—later renamed Mossel Bay—on 3 February 1488. -
Period: Nov 29, 1492 to Nov 29, 1493
Christopher Columbus
On his first trip, Columbus led an expedition with three ships, the Niña (captained by Vicente Yáñez Pinzon), the Pinta (owned and captained by Martin Alonzo Pinzon), and the Santa Maria (captained by Columbus), and about 90 crew members. They set sail on Aug. 3, 1492 from Palos, Spain, and on October 11, 1492, spotted the Caribbean islands off southeastern North America. -
Period: Nov 29, 1497 to Nov 29, 1498
John Cubot
Cabot landed near Labrador, Newfoundland, or Cape Breton Island (the exact spot is uncertain) on June 24, 1497.Cabot explored the Canadian coastline and named many of its islands and capes. -
Period: Nov 29, 1497 to Nov 29, 1498
Vasco Da Gama
Vasco da Gama sailed from Lisbon, Portugal, on July 8, 1497, heading to the East.He is one of the most famous and celebrated explorers from the Discovery Ages, being the first European to reach India through sea. -
Period: Nov 29, 1500 to Nov 29, 1501
Pedro Alvares Cabral
On April 22, 1500, he sighted land (Brazil), claiming it for Portugal and naming it the "Island of the True Cross."Cabral conducted the first substantial exploration of the northeast coast of South America and claimed it for Portugal -
Nov 29, 1519
Hernan Cortes
Hernán Cortés was a Spanish explorer who is famous mainly for his march across Mexico and his conquering of the Aztec Empire in Mexico. Cortés was part of the generation of Spanish colonizers that began the first phase of the Spanish colonization of the Americas. -
Period: Nov 29, 1577 to Nov 29, 1580
Sir Francis Drake
Drake led the second expedition to sail around the world in a voyage lasting from 1577 to 1580.In North America, he claimed the land he called "Nova Albion" for the Queen (his exact location was kept secret, but he may have sailed as far north as northern California or even Vancouver Island, Canada). -
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Willem Barentsz
They discovered Spitsbergen on 17 June, sighting its northwest coast.On 21 June they anchored between Cloven Cliff and Vogelsang, where they "set up a post with the arms of the Dutch upon it." On 25 June they entered Magdalenefjorden, which they named Tusk Bay, in light of the walrus tusks they found there. -
Henry Hudson
Hudson discovered a strait and immense bay on his final expedition while searching for the Northwest Passage.Hudson made two attempts on behalf of English merchants to find a prospective Northwest Passage to Cathay (today's China) via a route above the Arctic Circle. -
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Henry Hudson
Hudson left his mark on North America and the world, with such importance that three waterways are now named for him.Hudson wanted to press on to the west, but most of his crew mutinied. The mutineers cast Hudson, his son and 7 others adrift;[2] the Hudsons, and those cast off at their side, were never seen again.
