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Oct 9, 1000
Leif Erickson sailed for Europe
He was the first viking to find Iceland, Greenland, and North America. He placed a claim stone. He also used some tools we have today, and some not. Like an Astrolabe which was a model of a sky. A compass which points north. -
Mar 22, 1455
Prince Henry the Navigator sailed for Portugal
He made a school for sailors and navigators. He made some discoveries for Europe in the 15th-century. -
1488
Bartolomeu Dias sailed for Portugal
Sailed from Portugal to the Southern tip of Africa. He found the Cape of Good Hope. -
Aug 3, 1492
Christopher Columbus sailed for Spain
Sailed across the Atlantic Ocean. Then, he had reached a continent that was unknown to him. -
1497
Vasco de Gama sailed for Portugal
Sailed all the way around Africa and all the way to India. Also winning the European race for a Sea Route to Asia. -
1497
John Cabot sailed for Europe
He was searching for a passage to the Pacific Ocean. He was looking for it along the coast of Canada and Newfoundland. This had became the basis of England's claim to North America. -
1501
Amerigo Vespucci sailed for Portugal
Sailed to South America. Vespucci America was named after him. -
1513
Francisco Pizarro sailed from under the Spanish flag
He explored the Andres Mountains of South America and conquered the Inca empire. -
1513
Juan Ponce de Leon sailed under the Spanish flag
He was leading the first European exploration to Florida. Where he was looking for the "Foundation of youth" -
1517
Vasco Nunez de Balboa sailed under the Spanish flag
He crossed Central America to discover the Pacific Ocean. He was the first European to find the Pacific from the New World. -
1519
Hernando Cortés sailed for Spain
He explored Mexico then while he was exploring it he had found and conquered the Aztec. -
Sep 20, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan sailed under the Spanish flag
He circumnavigated the word. During this expedition he died. One of his crew members needed to finish it. -
1528
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca sailed under Spanish flag
He was part of a Spanish expedition to Florida. They lost 2 out of their 5 ships in a storm. -
Apr 20, 1534
Jacques Cartier sailed for the French
He explored the west coast of Newfoundland. He had also discovered Prince Edward Island. He sailed though the Gulf of St. Lawrence, past Anticosti Island. -
1539
Hernando de Soto sailed for Spain
He explored present-day Florida. He had also explored present day North Carolina. -
1540
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado sailed under the Spanish flag
His travels took him though Mexico and present-day Arizona and New Mexico. Finally convinced that there is no gold, members of the expedition traveled west to the Colorado River and east into what is now known as Kansas. -
Sep 28, 1542
Jaun Cabrillo sailed for Spain
He sailed around the west coast of America. He also discovered the San Diego Bay while he was searching for the Strait of Anian. -
Samuel de Champlain sailed under the French flag
He is famous for his journeys though modern day Canada. He mapped out the Atlantic Coast of Canada. He also mapped out parts of the St. Lawrence river along with parts of the Great Lakes. -
Henry Hudson sailed for the Dutch #1
He lead an expedition to present day New York. And he found the Hudson bay. -
Henry Hudson sailed for the Dutch #2
He was marooned on the Hudson Bay by his crew. There where eight other people with him. They all where never seen again. -
Rene-Robert De La Salle sailed for the French
He set out to establish a French colony on the Gulf of Mexico.He brought with him 4 ships and 300 sailors. At the mouth of the Mississippi river and challenged the Spanish rule in Mexico.
