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Nov 14, 1000
Vikings
Vikings were a group of people who lived in present-day Sweden, Denmark, and Norway. They sailed west to the North America to find settlements. They were the first historically known figures in Europe to arrive in America. -
Nov 16, 1271
Marco Polo
Sailed for Spain.
Sailed Middle East and Asia into China. -
Nov 16, 1419
Prince Henry the Navigator
Explored the coast of West Africa.
Sailed for Portugal. -
Jan 1, 1488
Bartolomeu Dias
Sailed for Portugal.
Sailed for 2 years. -
Oct 16, 1492
Martin Behaim
Martin Behaim was a European map maker. Before him, everyone thought the world was flat! He made the first globe in Germany and Euroupe. -
Nov 17, 1492
Christopher Columbus
Sailed to America
Sailed to find new world by Queen Isabella & King Ferdinand. -
Jan 1, 1496
Giovanni "John" Cabot
Sailed for england.
Landed on coast of New-Foundland.
Sailed 1496 - 1498 -
Nov 17, 1497
Vasco Da Gama
Sailed for Portugal.
Sailed around the southern tip of Africa all the way to India.
Took 10 Months. -
Jun 14, 1499
Amerigo Vespucci
Amerigo Vespucci was an European explorer from the Italian city-state, Florence. He didn't believe that Giovanni Caboto had found Cathay. He found out that the place where Giovanni Caboto landed was not Cathay. He found that Columbas also didn't really reach Asia. -
Jan 1, 1513
Juan Ponce de Leon
Looking for Fountain of Youth.
Sailed for Spain. -
Mar 29, 1513
Vasquez Nuna de Balbona
Spanish Explorer
1st to see the Pacific Ocean. -
Jan 1, 1514
Hernando de Soto
Sailed for Spain.
Explored the Mississippi River. -
Jan 1, 1519
Ferdinand Magellah
Sailed for 3 years. (1519-1522)
Sailed for Spain.
Sailed around the world. -
Lief Erikson
He sailed to North America. (Canada)
He sailed for the Vikings.
