Explorers Of The "New World"

By arthuraloian
  • Bartolomeu Dias
    Mar 12, 1488

    Bartolomeu Dias

    Bartolomeu Dias sails to the tip of Africa.
  • Christopher Columbus
    Nov 21, 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    Christopher Columbus landed in what later came to be known as, "Americas" or part of Cuba.
  • Amerigo_Vespucci
    Jan 1, 1507

    Amerigo_Vespucci

    This man was known to be a map maker, and his name was taken for the name of modern day America.
  • Vasco Núñez de Balboa
    Jan 1, 1513

    Vasco Núñez de Balboa

    First European explorer to reach the pacific ocean.
  • Hernán Cortés
    Mar 1, 1519

    Hernán Cortés

    This Conquestador happend to sail to tenochtitlan To deafet Emperor Montazuma with advanced weoponary and dieses. Like Pazzaro he also escaped with gold, but a little less then him.
  • Ferdinand Magellan
    Aug 10, 1519

    Ferdinand Magellan

    Ferdinand Magellan is the first to expedition to circumnavigate (around the world).
  • Francisco Pizarro
    Sep 13, 1524

    Francisco Pizarro

    Francisco Pizarro landed in Peru and met with the incas, wages war, wins and takes gold and spoils.