Explorers

  • Period: Feb 12, 1557 to

    #3 explorers

  • Feb 12, 1560

    john hawkins

    him and his cousin cousin Francis Drake made six voyages to spanish
  • Feb 11, 1562

    jean Ribaut

    sailed along the coast of florida and south carolina and established a settlement for the french
  • Feb 12, 1562

    Jean Ribault

    establishes French Charles Fort
  • Feb 12, 1564

    Rene de Laudonniere

    leads a french expedition to florida coast
  • Feb 12, 1565

    Pedro Menendez de Aviles

    arrived in florida with a spanish fleet. They killed french settlers and established St. Augustine
  • Feb 12, 1566

    Juan Padro

    lead inland expedition of the savannah river and explored areas of the southeast for spain
  • Feb 12, 1577

    Francis Drake

    his third voyage was his most difficult and succesful to anger the spanish and proove that English ships could sail where they pleased he was determined to follow Magellan's route to the pacific
  • walter Raleigh

    Discovered in north Carolina
  • Richard Greenville

    brings english to roanoke island
  • Thomas Cavendish

    becomes the third person to sail around the world, He was exploring for england while attacking spanish towns