• Period: 1000 to 1000

    Lief Ericlson

    viking
  • Bartolomeu Dias
    1487

    Bartolomeu Dias

  • Christopher Columbus
    1493

    Christopher Columbus

    Sail for Spain
  • Vaco De Garma
    1497

    Vaco De Garma

    Portugal
  • John Cabot
    1497

    John Cabot

    He was to go look for a Northern Sea route to Asia
  • christopher columbus
    1498

    christopher columbus

    Spain
  • Christopher Columbus
    1498

    Christopher Columbus

    3rd voyage
  • Amerigo Vespucci
    1499

    Amerigo Vespucci

    sailed for spain
  • Pedro Alveres Cabra
    1500

    Pedro Alveres Cabra

    sales for portugal
  • Christopher Columbus
    1502

    Christopher Columbus

    4th and final voyage
  • Period: 1502 to 1502

    Christopher Columbus

    Spain
  • Vaco nunez de Balboa
    1513

    Vaco nunez de Balboa

    First European to see the Pacific Ocean (largest Ocean on earth). He traveled through central America.
  • Juan ponce de leon sailed for spain
    1513

    Juan ponce de leon sailed for spain

    He went looking for the fountain of youth in modern day Florida
  • Hernando cortes-sailed for spain
    1519

    Hernando cortes-sailed for spain

    went into central America and conquered the Aztec
  • Period: 1519 to 1522

    Ferdinand Magellan

    First European to circumnavigate the globe
  • Giovanni De Verrazano
    1524

    Giovanni De Verrazano

    He was sent to look for another Northern sea route to Asia
  • Period: 1528 to 1536

    Alvar nunez Cabeze de vaca

    Accompanied by Estevanico (a slave) and others, explored the North American Southwest looking for 7 cities of gold.
  • Francisco pizzaro- sailed for spain
    1532

    Francisco pizzaro- sailed for spain

    He went to south america and conquered the Inca Empire
  • Jaques Cartier
    1535

    Jaques Cartier

    Sailed up the St. Lawrence river
  • Period: 1539 to 1542

    Hernando de soto

    explored Florida and North Carolina discovered Mississippi River
  • Period: 1540 to 1542

    Francisco Vasquez de coronado

    cont. in North America Southwest, looking for cities of gold, discovered the Grand Canyon
  • Henry Hudson

    Henry Hudson

    Landed on shore in Delaware Bay
  • Henry Hudson

    Henry Hudson

    He found the river that bears his name
  • Luis Joliet and Jacques Marquette

    Luis Joliet and Jacques Marquette

    Traveled Mississippi River by canoe
  • Robert Cavelier De La Salle

    Robert Cavelier De La Salle

    He followed the Mississippi river to the gulf of Mexico
  • Christopher Columbus

    Christopher Columbus

    2nd voyage