Explorers and Conquistadors

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  • Henry the Navigator
    Mar 27, 1419

    Henry the Navigator

    He begins to support Portuguese exploration, he wanted to find a water route around Africa to India
  • Bartolomeu Dias
    Mar 27, 1488

    Bartolomeu Dias

    He sailed from 1487-1488, he became the first European to attempt to sail around the southern tip of Africa, He sailed from Africa to India
  • Christopher Columbus
    Mar 28, 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    He sailed from 1492-1493. He sailed from Spain to reach China
  • Vasco da Gama
    Mar 27, 1497

    Vasco da Gama

    he sailed from 1497-1499, he set out for India from Portuguese
  • John Cabot
    Mar 28, 1497

    John Cabot

    JUst sailed in 1497. Sailed from England to the Atlantic coast of what is now Canada
  • Pedro Cabral
    Mar 27, 1500

    Pedro Cabral

    sailed from 1500-1501, From portuguese to India
  • Amerigo Vespucci
    Mar 28, 1501

    Amerigo Vespucci

    1501-1502, he sailed along the coast of South Africa and concluded that it was not Asia.
  • Vasco Nunezde Balboa
    Mar 28, 1513

    Vasco Nunezde Balboa

    He only traveled in 1513. He led an expedition across the Isthmus of Panamas, he became the first european to see the Pacidic Ocean
  • Ferdinand Magellan
    Mar 28, 1519

    Ferdinand Magellan

    1519-1521 He was sailing from Portugal fro Spain, and reached the Philippines
  • Hernan Cortes
    Mar 28, 1519

    Hernan Cortes

    he led the an expedition to Mexico that ended with the conquest of the Aztec Empire
  • Giovanni da Verazzano
    Mar 28, 1524

    Giovanni da Verazzano

    what Hudson thought he discovered, Giovwanni had actually found it years earlier.
  • Francisco Pizarro
    Mar 28, 1530

    Francisco Pizarro

    led an expedition to Peru. Atahualpa gave him a huge fortune in gold and silver 1530-1533
  • Jacques Cartier
    Mar 28, 1534

    Jacques Cartier

    1534-1536 left France and sailed past the island of Newfoundlandintpo the St. Lawrence River. He claimed all the land along the river as the providence of NEw France, or as it came to be called later, Canada.
  • Sir Francis Drake
    Mar 28, 1577

    Sir Francis Drake

    1577-1580 the english queen sent him to round the tip of South America and explore its west coast.
  • Henry Hudson

    Henry Hudson

    1. he joined bylot and they sailed from 1610-1611. He set out to the north, hoping to find a NOrthern Passage around Europe. Explored the Hudson river and Hudson bay
  • Samuel de Champlain

    Samuel de Champlain

    a french explorer headed south to seek out more land, he founded the city Quebec in 1608. He also explored the missippi river
  • Rene-Robert La Salle

    Rene-Robert La Salle

    He canoed down the entire Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico. He claimed the enormous Mississippi region and its tributaries for France.