Explorers

By jgoodyear20
  • Jan 1, 1418

    Henry the Navigator

    Henry the Navigator
    Henry the Navigator; Third son of King John I
    Born in Portugal in 1394
    Was a royal prince, soldier, and patron of explorers
    Portugal and in 1420
    He was looking to get Portugal wealth and spread Christianitiy
    In 1418, he started a navigational school to teach seafaring skills
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  • Jan 1, 1488

    Bartolomeu Dias

    Bartolomeu Dias
    1. Was born in Algarve, Portugal in 1450
    2. Portuguese navigator and explorer who explored Africa's coast.
    3. He did accomplish his goal.
  • Jan 1, 1492

    Christopher Columbus's First Voyage

    Christopher Columbus's First Voyage
    1. Born in Genoa, Italy in 1451
    2. Sailed for Spain and sailed across the Atlantic Ocean hoping to find a route to Asia
    3. Columbus did not accomplish his goal but he found a "New World"
  • Jan 1, 1493

    Christopher Columbus's Second Voyage

    Christopher Columbus's Second Voyage
    1. Born in Genoa, Italy in 1451
    2. Sailed for Spain and sailed across the Atlantic Ocean hoping to find gold and capture Indians as slaves in the Indies. He founded Hispaniola and later called it Dominica.
    3. Columbus did accomplish his goal but he found a "New World"
  • Jan 1, 1497

    Vasco De Garo

    Vasco De Garo
    1. Born in Sines, Portugal in 1460
    2. Sailed for Portugal and discovered an ocean route from Portugal to the East to get to India.
    3. Garo accomplished his goal.
  • Jan 1, 1497

    John Cabot

    John Cabot
    1. Born in Italy in 1450
    2. Sailed for England and sailed to Canada to find a Northwest passage across North America to Asia.
    3. Cabot did accomplish.
  • Jan 1, 1498

    Christopher Columbus's Third Voyage

    Christopher Columbus's Third Voyage
    1. Born in Genoa, Italy in 1451
    2. Sailed for Spain and sailed further south, to Trinidad and Venezuala
    3. Columbus did accomplish his goal.
  • Jan 1, 1498

    John Cabot

    John Cabot
    1. Born in Italy in 1450
    2. Sailed for England and might have sailed to America.
    3. Cabot did not accomplish his goal.
  • Jan 1, 1499

    Amerigo Vespucci

    Amerigo Vespucci
    1. Born on March 9, 1454, Florence, Italy
    2. Sailed for Italy and was the first person to realize that the Americas were seperate from the contient of Asia
    3. Amerigo did accomplish his goal
  • Jan 1, 1502

    Christopher Columbus's Fourth Voyage

    Christopher Columbus's Fourth Voyage
    1. Born in Genoa, Italy in 1451
    2. Sailed for Spain and sailed to Mexico, Honduras, Panama, and Santiago
    3. Christopher did accomplish his goal.
  • Jan 1, 1508

    Sebastian Cabot

    Sebastian Cabot
    1. Born in 1477 in United Kingdom
    2. Sailed for Italy and searched for the Northwest passage across North America, but he was supposed to find China
    3. Cabot did and did not accomplish his goal.
  • Jan 1, 1513

    Vasco Nunez De Balboa

    Vasco Nunez De Balboa
    1. Born in Jerez de los Caballeros, Spain 1475
    2. Sailed for Spain and he was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean, crossing the Isthmus of Panama
    3. Balboa did accomplish his goal.
  • Jan 1, 1519

    Hernando Cortés

    Hernando Cortés
    1. Born in 1485 in Medellin, Spain
    2. Sailed for Spain and over threw the Aztec Empire and claimed Mexico for Spain. Wanted gold and silver.
    3. Cortes did accomplish his goal.
  • Jan 1, 1519

    Ferdinand Magellan

    Ferdinand Magellan
    1. Born in Sabrosa, Protugal in 1480
    2. Sailed for Portugal and sailed around the world.
    3. Magellan did accomplish his goal but got killed in the Phillippines.
  • Jan 1, 1524

    Hernando De Soto

    Hernando De Soto
    1. Born in Barcarrota, Spain in 1500?
    2. Sailed for Spain and sailed the Atlantic Ocean and was the first European to explore Florida and the southeastern U.S.
    3. Hernando did accomplish his goal.
  • Jan 1, 1532

    Francisco Pizarro

    Francisco Pizarro
    1. Born in March 16, 1478 in Trujillo,Caceres, Spain
    2. Sailed for Spain and traveled through much of the Pacific coast of America along Peru and was looking for gold. Captured the Incas and the tribe filled a room up with gold.
    3. Pizarro did accomplish his goal but was killed later on on his second expidition.
  • Jan 27, 1540

    Sir Francis Drake

    Sir Francis Drake
    1. Born in Tavistock, Devon, United Kingdom in 1478
    2. Sailed for British and sailed around the world.
    3. Drake did not accomplish his goal, he died near Panama.

  • Sir Walter Raleigh

    Sir Walter Raleigh
    1. Born in East Budleigh, United Kingdom in 1554
    2. Sailed for England and sailed to North and South America to find new settlements. He named the place he settled, Virginaia.
    3. Raleigh did accomplish his goal,

  • Henry Hudson

    Henry Hudson
    1. Born in England, United Kingdomin, 1565
    2. Sailed for England and explored parts of the Artic Ocean and northeastern North America. Founded the Hudson Strait and Bay.
    3. Hudson did accomplish his goal.

  • Peter Minuit

    Peter Minuit
    1. Born in Wesel, Germany in 1580
    2. Was the first director general of New Amsterdam, a Dutch colony in America. He is famous for buying the island of Manhatten.
    3. Minuit did accomplish his goal.