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Explorers and Conquistador

  • Henry the Navigator
    Mar 27, 1400

    Henry the Navigator

    sailed for the Portuguesse. Sailed to Africa.
  • Bartolomeu Dias
    Mar 27, 1488

    Bartolomeu Dias

    Sailed for Europe. Attmepted to sail around the southern tip of Africa.
  • Christopher Columbus
    Mar 28, 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    sailed for the Spanish from 1492- 1493. sailed across the Atlantic to the Caribbean.
  • Vasco da Gama
    Mar 28, 1497

    Vasco da Gama

    sailed for the Portuguese. sailed to India.
  • John Cabot
    Mar 28, 1497

    John Cabot

    sailed for the English. he sailed to the Atlantic Coast.
  • Pedro Cabral
    Mar 28, 1500

    Pedro Cabral

    sailed for the Portuguese from 1500-1501. sailed to Brazil.
  • Amerigo Vespucci
    Mar 28, 1501

    Amerigo Vespucci

    sailed for the Portuguese from 1501-1502. sailed to the coast of South America.
  • Vasco Nunez de Balboa
    Mar 28, 1513

    Vasco Nunez de Balboa

    sailed for the Spanish. sailed to Isthmus of Panama and was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean.
  • Hernan Cortes
    Mar 28, 1518

    Hernan Cortes

    sailed for the Spanish from 1518-1519. sailed to Mexico.
  • Ferdinand Magellan
    Mar 28, 1519

    Ferdinand Magellan

    sailed for the Spanish from 1519-1521. he sailed all the way around the world.
  • Giovanni da Verazzano
    Mar 28, 1524

    Giovanni da Verazzano

    sailed for the French. sailed and discovered the Hudson river years before Henry Hudson.
  • Francisco Pizarro
    Mar 28, 1532

    Francisco Pizarro

    sailed for the Spanish from 1532-1533. salied to Peru.
  • Jacques Cartier
    Mar 28, 1534

    Jacques Cartier

    sailed for the French from 1534-1536. sailed past the Newfoundland into the St. Lawrence River.
  • Sir Francis Drake
    Mar 28, 1577

    Sir Francis Drake

    sailed for the English from 1577-1580. he said all the way around the world.
  • Samuel de Champlain

    Samuel de Champlain

    sailed for thr French. he founded the city of Quebec.
  • Henry Hudson

    Henry Hudson

    he sailed for the Dutch from 1609-1611. he sailed and found the Hundson river and the Hudson bay.
  • Rene-Robert La Salle

    Rene-Robert La Salle

    he sailed for the French. he canoed down the entire Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico.