Explorers

  • Prince Henry The Navigator
    Sep 9, 1394

    Prince Henry The Navigator

    He was a royal prince. He sent many sailing expeditions. First european to sail beyond Cape Bojador and returned alive. He taught navigation.
  • Cabot, John
    Sep 9, 1450

    Cabot, John

    He was born in Italy but moved to England in 1495. He was an explorer and a navagator. Born in Italy. He sailed to canada. He also explored the canadian coastline.
  • Amerigo Vespucci
    Sep 10, 1454

    Amerigo Vespucci

    He was an explorer. He sailed for spain on his first expedition and was looking for a passage through the new land. He mapped some of the eastern coast of South America.
  • Bartolomeu Dias
    Sep 10, 1457

    Bartolomeu Dias

    He was a navigator and an explorer. He explorer Africas coast. He led the first European Expedition. He was lost at sea after he died on his expedition.
  • Vasco Da Gama
    Sep 10, 1460

    Vasco Da Gama

    He was an explorer. He found an ocean route from Portugal to the East. He was sent to India as a Potuguese viceroy.
  • Sebastion Cabot
    Sep 9, 1474

    Sebastion Cabot

    Explorer, map maker and navigator. He was imployed by britan. He sailed around the world.
  • Vasco Balboa
    Sep 15, 1475

    Vasco Balboa

    He was an explorer. He wanted to colonize and he was looking for treasure. He was the firt European to see the Pacific Ocean.
  • Francisco Pizarro
    Sep 10, 1478

    Francisco Pizarro

    He was born in 1478. He was a spanish He travel most through the pacific coast of America Along Peru. He discovered te Incan Empire. He was looking for treasure.
  • Ferdinand Magellan
    Sep 9, 1480

    Ferdinand Magellan

    An explorer who led the first expedition. He saild around the earth.
  • Hernan Courtez
    Sep 9, 1485

    Hernan Courtez

    He was an adventurer and conquistador. He was a failed law student. He sailed with eleven ships. He looked for gold, silver and other treasures.
  • Giovanni Verrazzano
    Sep 10, 1485

    Giovanni Verrazzano

    He was an Italian navigator. He explored the Notheast coast of Noth America. He was also a mapmaker.
  • Christopher Columbus First Voyage
    Sep 9, 1492

    Christopher Columbus First Voyage

    An explorer who sailed across the atlantic ocean. He spotted the Carabean Islands. He led an expadition with three ships.
  • Cristopher Columbus Second Voyage
    Sep 11, 1493

    Cristopher Columbus Second Voyage

    He saild with seventeen ships. He went to find gold and capture indians as slaves. He spotted and named the island of Dominica.
  • Christopher Columbuses Third Voyage
    Sep 11, 1498

    Christopher Columbuses Third Voyage

    He sailed farther south. He was the first European to set foot on the mainland of America.
  • Hernando De Soto
    Sep 10, 1500

    Hernando De Soto

    He was an explorer. He sailed the atlantic ocean. He was the first european to explore florida.
  • Estevanico
    Sep 10, 1500

    Estevanico

    He was a slave. Huricanes and Native Americans killed many of his crew. Only 15 men survived.
  • Christopher colombus Last Voyage
    Sep 11, 1502

    Christopher colombus Last Voyage

    He sailed to Mexico, Honduras and Panama. He is buried in estern Hispaniola.
  • Francisco Coronado
    Sep 10, 1510

    Francisco Coronado

    He was a ruler, explorer and a conquistador. First European to North America's Southwest. He killed many native Americans during his expedition.
  • Francis Drake
    Sep 10, 1545

    Francis Drake

    he was a british explorer. He led the second expedition to sail around the world. He was involved in slave trade.
  • Walter Raleigh
    Sep 10, 1554

    Walter Raleigh

    He was an explorer. He was born in 1554. He led expeditions to both North and south America. He tried to found new settlements. He sent colonists to the east cast of North America.
  • Henry Hudson
    Sep 10, 1565

    Henry Hudson

    He was an explorer and navigator. He was looking for a northwest passage. Little is known about his earlie life. He sailed to an island North of Scandinavia in the arctic ocean. He died in 1611.
  • Peter Minuit
    Sep 10, 1580

    Peter Minuit

    He was the first director general of New Amsterdam. He is famous for buying the island of Manhattan. He died in a hurican in the west Indies while on a trading mission in 1638.
  • Marquette

    Marquette

    AHe was a French Jesuit Priest and an explorer. He traveled along Lake Michigan to Green Bay. He died of dysentery.
  • Robert La Salle

    Robert La Salle

    He was a french Explorer. He sailed for france. He sailed down the Mississippi River to the Gulf Of Mexico. He traveled frome France to Quebec.
  • James Cook

    James Cook

    He was a British Explorer and astronomer who went on many expeditions. He mapped New Zeland. He sailed to tahiti. He went to Antarctica and to Easter Island.
  • Leif Ericson

    Leif Ericson

    He was born in Iceland. He was an explorer who was possibly first European to sail to North America. He was born in Iceland and was one of the sons of the explorer Eric The Red.