Explorers

Explorers

By mking041201
  • Sep 18, 1420

    Henry the Navigator

    Henry the Navigator
    Country: Portugal, He opened the school of navigation. He didn;t go on the voyages; He just planed them.
  • Sep 19, 1454

    Amerigo Vespucci

    Amerigo Vespucci
    Country: Spain, Headed: New World, Landed: South America, Reason: glory (to find new land), result: He named America.
  • Sep 18, 1487

    Dias

    Dias
    Country: Portugal, Headed: Tip of Africa, Landed: He went around the cape of Africa, Reason: To explore South Africa, Result: The king named the southern tip the Cape of Good Hope.
  • Sep 19, 1489

    Cabral

    Cabral
    Country: Portugal, Headed: India: Brazil / India, Reason: gold (spices), result: Established the first permanent fort in India, gave Portugal stake in the Americas.
  • Sep 19, 1492

    Columbus

    Columbus
    Country; Spain, Headed: India and China, Landed: Sansalvador (Bahamas), Reason: gold (spices) and glory (a new way to Asia), Result: Trajic: killed many natives, Good: 1st to document the Americas.
  • Sep 18, 1497

    Vasco da Gama

    Vasco da Gama
    Country: Portugal, Headed: India, Landed: India, Reason: gold (spices), Result: He found a sea route to Asia around the tip of Africa.
  • Sep 19, 1513

    Balboa

    Balboa
    Country: Spain, Headed: the Great Waters past Panamal, Landed: Pacific Ocean, Reason: 1stg European to see the Pacific Ocean. He claimed all the land it touched for Spain.
  • Sep 19, 1513

    Ponce de Leon

    Ponce de Leon
    Country: Spain, Headed: New World, Landed: North America (in Florida), Reason: gold and glory (Fountain of Youth), Result: had the 1st Spanish settlement in the new World (Saint Augustine, Florida)
  • Sep 19, 1519

    Cortez

    Cortez
    Country: Spain, Headed; Mexico, Landed: Mexico, Reaason: gold and glory, Result: destroyed the Aztecs.
  • Sep 19, 1520

    Magellan

    Magellan
    Country; Spain, Headed: Phillippeans, Landed: Phillippeans, Reason: gold and God, result: Named the Pacific Ocean. His crew was the first to sail around the world.
  • Sep 19, 1528

    Cabaza de Vaca

    Cabaza de Vaca
    Country: Spain, Headed: Florida and Texas, Landed: Florida and Texas, Reason: gold and God, Result: first to protest the Spanish treatment of the Natives.
  • Sep 19, 1528

    de Narvaez

    de Narvaez
    Country: Spain, Headed: Florida, Landed: Florida, Reason: gold and glory, Result: He was cruel, He killed the natives and stole their food.
  • Sep 19, 1532

    Pizarro

    Pizarro
    Country: Spain, Headed: South America, Landed: Peru, Reason: gold and glory, Result: conquered the Incas.
  • Sep 19, 1540

    Caronodo

    Caronodo
    Country: Spain, Headed: 7 Cities of Cibola, Landed: rode on horseback to Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma, Reason: gold, Result: brought horses to natives in the plains area, 1st to document the Grand Canyon.
  • Sep 19, 1541

    deSoto

    deSoto
    Country: Spain, Headed: Florida ( and headed west), Country: Oklahoma, Reason: gold, Result: fir=st European to cross tghe Mississippi.