Explorers

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  • Sep 15, 1254

    MARCO POLO

    September 15, 1254Marco Polo was not the first European to reach China but he was the first to leave a detailed chronicle of his experience.
  • Dec 9, 1415

    HENRY THE NAVIGATOR

    HERY THE NNAVIGATOR ORGANIZES VOYAGES ALONG WEST AFRICA
  • Oct 12, 1492

    CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

    DISCOVER AMÉRICA
  • Jul 8, 1497

    vasco de gama

    DISCOVER THE RUTE OF. MARÍTIMA OF INDIA
  • Feb 22, 1512

    AMERIEGO VESPUCCI

    he embarked on his first voyage. On his third and most successful voyage, he discovered present-day Rio de Janeiro and Rio de la Plata. Believing he had discovered a new continent, he called South America the New World. In 1507, America was named after him. He died of malaria in Seville, Spain, on February 22, 1512
  • Apr 2, 1513

    ponce de leon

    While on a quest for gold,Juan Ponce de León founded the oldest settlement in Puerto Rico and Landed in today´s Florida
  • Sep 20, 1515

    FERNAND MAGELLAN

    Set sail eventually dicover apassage to the pacific
  • Nov 6, 1519

    ERNAN CORTES

    HERNAN CORTES LANDS IN MEXICO DEMOLISH THE CAPITAL CITY OF TENOCHTITLAN

  • YURI AGARIN

    Yuri Agarin was the first persson that go to the outer space