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  • First Settlement in Greenland
    Dec 31, 986

    First Settlement in Greenland

    When Erik was himself banished from iceland, he travelled further west to an area he named Greenland
  • Marco Polo's Travels Begin
    Sep 15, 1254

    Marco Polo's Travels Begin

    Marco Polo starts traveling around the world, including China, and sees a lot of marvelous things.
  • Bartolomeu Diaz's Expedition
    Aug 1, 1487

    Bartolomeu Diaz's Expedition

    Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias led the first European expedition round the Cape of Good Hope in 1488.
  • Discovery of America
    Oct 12, 1492

    Discovery of America

    Chrsistopher Colombus discovers America.
  • Amerigo Vespucci's Explorations
    May 10, 1497

    Amerigo Vespucci's Explorations

    America was named after Amerigo Vespucci, a Florentine navigator and explorer who played a prominent role in exploring the New World.
  • First sea trip from Europe to India
    Jul 8, 1497

    First sea trip from Europe to India

    Vasco the gama is the first explorer to make a sea trip from Europe to India, by going around the African continent.
  • Discovery of Florida
    Apr 2, 1513

    Discovery of Florida

    While on a quest for gold, Juan Ponce de León founded the oldest settlement in Puerto Rico and landed on the mainland of North America, a region he dubbed “Florida.”
  • First circumnavigation of the globe
    Sep 20, 1519

    First circumnavigation of the globe

    Thanks to the efforts of Ferdinand de Magallan the first trip around the planet was made, proving the earth is round and not flat as many believed.
  • Hernan Cortes Conquests
    Aug 13, 1521

    Hernan Cortes Conquests

    Hernán Cortés was a Spanish conquistador who overthrew the Aztec empire and won Mexico for the crown of Spain.
  • Francisco Pizarro in South America
    Aug 29, 1533

    Francisco Pizarro in South America

    Spanish explorer and conquistador Francisco Pizarro helped Vasco Núñez de Balboa discover the Pacific Ocean, and after conquering Peru, founded its capital city, Lima.
  • Hernando de Soto's travels
    May 8, 1541

    Hernando de Soto's travels

    Hernando de Soto was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who participated in the conquests of Central America and Peru and discovered the Mississippi River.
  • John Smith in North America

    John Smith in North America

    John Smith was a British soldier who was a founder of the American colony of Jamestown in the early 1600s.
  • Sacagawea leads the Corps expedition

    Sacagawea leads the Corps expedition

    Sacagawea with her 2-months baby helps explorers Lewis and Clark during their expedition through the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific ocean and back. She received no compensation for it
  • Lewis and Clark Corps Expedition

    Lewis and Clark Corps Expedition

    By the appointment of Thomas Jefferson, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark explored more than 8,000 miles with the help of Sacagawea. Lewis received his salary, 1,600 acres of land and named governor of the Lousiana Territory.
  • Cousteau underwater explorations

    Cousteau underwater explorations

    Jacques Cousteau was a French undersea explorer, researcher, photographer and documentary host.
  • First man in Everest

    First man in Everest

    20th century explorer and mountaineer Edmund Hillary was the first to reach the peak of Mt. Everest, along with fellow climber Tenzing Norgay.
  • First man in space

    First man in space

    Yuri Gagarin was a Soviet cosmonaut who in 1961 became the first man to travel into space
  • First Man on the Moon

    First Man on the Moon

    Starship Apolo 11 lands on the moon making Neil Amstrong the first man to leave his footprint out of planet Earth.