explorers of north america

  • leif ericsson
    Jan 1, 1000

    leif ericsson

    he was born in iceland
    he was one of the sons of eric the red
  • prince henry the navigator
    Sep 10, 1394

    prince henry the navigator

  • john cabot
    Jan 1, 1450

    john cabot

  • bartomealeu dias
    Jan 1, 1457

    bartomealeu dias

  • amerigo vespucci
    Sep 9, 1458

    amerigo vespucci

    was the first person to realize that the americas was seperate from the continent of asia
  • prince henry the navigator
    Jan 1, 1460

    prince henry the navigator

  • vasco da gama
    Jan 1, 1460

    vasco da gama

  • ponce de leon
    Jan 1, 1460

    ponce de leon

  • vasco balboa
    Jan 1, 1475

    vasco balboa

  • francisco pizzaro
    Jan 1, 1478

    francisco pizzaro

  • ferdinand magellan
    Jan 1, 1480

    ferdinand magellan

  • hernan cortes
    Jan 1, 1485

    hernan cortes

  • geovanni da verrazzano
    Jan 1, 1485

    geovanni da verrazzano

  • christopher columbus first voyage
    Aug 19, 1492

    christopher columbus first voyage

    christopher columbus
    genoa, Italy
    he set sail to find india and found gold
    spain and august 3,1492
    a route to india
    he found the west indies and seen gold
  • christopher columbus second trip
    Sep 25, 1493

    christopher columbus second trip

    sailed with 17 ships and 1200 to 1500 men to find gold and capture indians as slaves he spotted a island and called it dominica on november 3,1493
  • chrstopher colubus third voyage
    May 3, 1498

    chrstopher colubus third voyage

    set sail to trinidad and vanezeula and was the first dince leaf ericson to set foot on america
  • john cabot
    Jan 1, 1499

    john cabot

  • Jan 1, 1500

    estevanico

  • hernado de soto
    Jan 1, 1500

    hernado de soto

  • christopher columbus fourth voyage
    May 9, 1502

    christopher columbus fourth voyage

    sailed to mexico and is buried in the eastern hisponiola
  • sebastian cabot
    Jan 1, 1508

    sebastian cabot

  • Jan 1, 1510

    francisco vasquez de coronado

  • hernan cortes
    Jan 1, 1519

    hernan cortes

  • sebastian cabot
    Jan 1, 1526

    sebastian cabot

  • francis drake
    Jan 1, 1545

    francis drake

    was born in devinshire, england and was born around 1545 and died in 1596
    he set sail for new spain to sell captives to settlers
    he sailed for england
    sailed a voyage from 1577 to 1580
    they left panama on december 13 1577
    and set sail for brazil
    he dies of a fever at sea near panama on his way to attack spanish colonies
  • francisco coronado
    Jan 1, 1554

    francisco coronado

  • walter religh
    Sep 10, 1554

    walter religh

  • heney hudson
    Sep 10, 1565

    heney hudson

  • sameal de champlain
    Jan 1, 1567

    sameal de champlain

  • peter minuit
    Jan 1, 1580

    peter minuit