explorers of north america

  • Jan 1, 1000

    leif ericsson

    leif ericsson
    he was born in iceland
    he was one of the sons of eric the red
  • Sep 10, 1394

    prince henry the navigator

    prince henry the navigator
  • Jan 1, 1450

    john cabot

    john cabot
  • Jan 1, 1457

    bartomealeu dias

    bartomealeu dias
  • Sep 9, 1458

    amerigo vespucci

    amerigo vespucci
    was the first person to realize that the americas was seperate from the continent of asia
  • Jan 1, 1460

    prince henry the navigator

    prince henry the navigator
  • Jan 1, 1460

    vasco da gama

    vasco da gama
  • Jan 1, 1460

    ponce de leon

    ponce de leon
  • Jan 1, 1475

    vasco balboa

    vasco balboa
  • Jan 1, 1478

    francisco pizzaro

    francisco pizzaro
  • Jan 1, 1480

    ferdinand magellan

    ferdinand magellan
  • Jan 1, 1485

    hernan cortes

    hernan cortes
  • Jan 1, 1485

    geovanni da verrazzano

    geovanni da verrazzano
  • Aug 19, 1492

    christopher columbus first voyage

    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
  • Sep 25, 1493

    christopher columbus second trip

    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
  • May 3, 1498

    chrstopher colubus third voyage

    chrstopher colubus third voyage
    set sail to trinidad and vanezeula and was the first dince leaf ericson to set foot on america
  • Jan 1, 1499

    john cabot

    john cabot
  • Jan 1, 1500

    estevanico

  • Jan 1, 1500

    hernado de soto

    hernado de soto
  • May 9, 1502

    christopher columbus fourth voyage

    christopher columbus fourth voyage
    sailed to mexico and is buried in the eastern hisponiola
  • Jan 1, 1508

    sebastian cabot

    sebastian cabot
  • Jan 1, 1510

    francisco vasquez de coronado

  • Jan 1, 1519

    hernan cortes

    hernan cortes
  • Jan 1, 1526

    sebastian cabot

    sebastian cabot
  • Jan 1, 1545

    francis drake

    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
  • Jan 1, 1554

    francisco coronado

    francisco coronado
  • Sep 10, 1554

    walter religh

    walter religh
  • Sep 10, 1565

    heney hudson

    heney hudson
  • Jan 1, 1567

    sameal de champlain

    sameal de champlain
  • Jan 1, 1580

    peter minuit

    peter minuit