Explorers Timeline

By tyler1092
  • Period: Jan 1, 1488 to

    Dates

  • Bartolomeu Dias
    Mar 12, 1488

    Bartolomeu Dias

    -Worked for Portugal
    -Europeans could now trade directly wiith India and other parts of Asia.
    -He also discovered the Cape of Good Hope
  • Christopher Columbus
    Oct 12, 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    -Worked for Spain
    -Discovered the Americas
    -Found new people and goods
  • John Cabot
    May 2, 1497

    John Cabot

    -Italian Explorer, sponsered by England
    -Landed on the east coast somewhere around New York and claimed the land for King Henry VII
  • Vasco de Gama
    Nov 4, 1497

    Vasco de Gama

    -Portuguese Explorer.
    -Discovered new waters unknown to Europeans at the time.
  • Amerigo Vespucci
    Jan 1, 1501

    Amerigo Vespucci

    -worked for Portugal
    -Discovered an unknown Continent
  • Ferdidnand Magellan
    Sep 6, 1522

    Ferdidnand Magellan

    -Portuguese explorer
    -First explorer to sail around the world
  • Jacques Cartier
    Jan 1, 1534

    Jacques Cartier

    -Worked for France
    -Claimed Canada for France
  • Henry Hudson

    Henry Hudson

    -Worked for the English
    -Found the Hudson river and mapped out the Eastern shore