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Jan 30, 1418
Prince Henry the Navigator and his school for sailors
In this school people were taught in navigation, map making and science to later on sail down the west of Africa. -
Jan 30, 1453
Turkish Empire cuts off land route from Europe to Asia
The Turks cut off the route to Asia which didn't allow Europe to trade anymore, this caused Europe to find another way through the sea. -
Jan 27, 1488
Bartolomeu Dias
Became the first sea explorer to sail around Africa which opened a sea route from Europe to Asia. -
Jan 27, 1492
Christopher Columbus
Columbus set sail looking for a faster route to Asia because the only route as around Africa. He landed in the Bahamas and thought it was Asia, he wasn't the first to discover America. -
Jan 27, 1497
John Cabot
John Cabot sailed west from Britain in ordered to reach Asia but instead landed in Canada and claimed land in Britain's name. -
Jan 27, 1501
Amerigo Vespucci
Amerigo set sail for Cape Verde and sailed along the coast of South America then he finally decided that they had discovered a new continent. -
Jan 30, 1513
Vasco Nunez de Balbao
He was a Spanish explorer and conquistador. He was the first Europen to see the Pacific Ocean in an expedition he took for gold. -
Jan 30, 1513
Juan ponce de Leon
He led expeditions in search for gold and in one expedition of three ships at his own expense he landed on new land and named it "Florida" -
Jan 30, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand was a Portuguese explorer and was looking for fame and fortune. He set sailed with five ships in search for a route to the Spice islands, also became 1st European to cross the pacific. -
Jan 30, 1519
Hernandez Cortez
Hernán set sail with 11 ships to Mexico and he made allies with some natives and with others he used force. He overthrew the Aztec empire and won Mexico for Spain. -
Jan 30, 1532
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco was a Spanish explorer and conquistador, he joined Vasco Nuñez where they discovered the pacific. Later on Francisco conquered Peru and established its capital, Lima. -
Jan 30, 1534
Jacques Cartier
He led three famous voyages to the New World in search for gold and that would later let France claim land in what today is Canada. -
Jan 30, 1538
Hernando de Soto
He led an expedition to Florida to claim it for Spain. Him and his men traveled 4,000 miles across the land and then later on became the first Europeans to encounter and cross the Mississippi. -
Jan 30, 1540
Francisco Coronado
He led an expedition up Mexico's western coast and then into the region in search for ¨Seven Golden Cities", his expedition was a failure. Although he did discover the Grand Canyon and other landmarks. -
Jan 30, 1577
Sir Francis Drake
One of the first English slaving voyages to Africa. He became the first Englishmen to navigate around the globe. -
Sir Walter Raleigh
He helped establish a colony in Roanoke Island and then later was put to death because of treason. -
Jacques Marquette
First European to see and map the northern part of the Mississippi River. -
Louis Joliet
He was a Canadian explorer who explored the origins of the Mississippi River. -
Rene-Robert de La Salle
French explorer which led an expedition down the Mississippi River and then later claimed in for France.
