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Mar 27, 1400
Henry the Nav.
Established a small court to which he brought sailors, mapmakers, and others who wre intrested in navigation.Henry sent expeditions west to islands in the Atlantic and south to explore the western coast of Africa. He was a Portuguese explorer. -
Mar 27, 1488
Bartolomeu Dias
He became the first European to attempt to sail around the southern tip of Africa, a point today known as the Cape of Good Hope. He was a Portuguese explorer. -
Mar 27, 1492
Christopher Columbus
He sailed from 1492-1493. He sailed across the Atlantic to the Caribbean. He believed that he could sail west around the worlf from Spain to reach China. Columbus reached the Caribbean island after 2 months at sea and he thought he had reasched an Asian islands known as the Indies. He sailed for the Spanish. -
Mar 27, 1497
Vasoc da Gama
He set out for India, and 10 months later him and his crew eventually reached the city of Calicut in India. He sailed for the Portuguese. -
Mar 27, 1497
John Cabot
He sailed form England to the Atlantic coast of what is now Canada. Cabot thought he had reached Asia. After returning to England, Cabot set out once more to repeat his voyage, but he never returned. He sailed for the English. -
Mar 27, 1500
Pedro Cabral
sailed from 1500-1501. He went west to avoid the windless Gulf of Guinea, and he and his men sighted and claimed the land that became known as Brazil. He sailed for the Portuguese. -
Mar 27, 1502
Amerigo Vespucci
He sailed along the coast of South America and concluded that it was not Asia but a new land, and later map makers named the land America in his honor. He sailed for the Portugese. -
Mar 27, 1513
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
He led an expedition across the Isthmus of Panama. After more than three weeksx of difficult travel, Balboa became the first European to see the Pacific Ocean. He sailed for the Spanish. -
Mar 27, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan
He decided to sail west around the world. He sailed from Spain set out in 1519 with five ships and 250 men. He sailed form 1519 to 1521.He was a Spanish explorer. -
Mar 28, 1519
Hernan Cortes
He led an expedition to Mexico that ended with the conquest of the Aztec Empire. Cortes was a conquistador. He sailed from 1519 to 1521. Cortes was a Spanish Explorer. -
Mar 28, 1524
Giovanni da Verazzano
Verazzano was an Italian explorer sailing for France. The Hudson river had actually been discovered years earlier by Verazzano, and Henry Hudson had discovered it later. -
Mar 28, 1530
Francisco Pizarro
Pizarro led an expedition to Peru. He was a Spanish conquistador and founder of Lima, Peru. He sailed from 1530 to 1533. -
Mar 28, 1534
Jacques Cartier
He was a French explorer and he sailed from 1534-1536.
Cartier sailed past the island of Newfoundland into the St. Lawrence River. -
Mar 28, 1577
Sir Francis Drake
The Englis queen sent him to round the tip of South America and explore its west coast. After a stop in what is now California, Drake sailed north to seek a route around North America back to the Atlantic. He was an English Explorer and he sailed from 1577-1580. -
Samuel de Chaplain
He sailed from 1603 to 1609. In 1608 he founded the ciry of Quebec. He explored the Mississippi River. Chaplian was a French explorer. -
Henry Hudson
Hudson sailed form 1609-1611. He sailed 2 different times, once for the Dutch and once for the English. The English sent him out north, hoping to find a Northeast Passage around Europe. He sailed and found the Hudson River. -
Rene-Robert La Salle
He canoed down the entireMississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico. La Salle claimed the enormous Mississippi region and its tributaries for France. He was a French explorer and sailed for king Louis XIV.
