Explorers Timeline

  • Vikings
    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.
  • Marco Polo
    Nov 16, 1271

    Marco Polo

    Sailed for Spain.
    Sailed Middle East and Asia into China.
  • Prince Henry the Navigator
    Nov 16, 1419

    Prince Henry the Navigator

    Explored the coast of West Africa.
    Sailed for Portugal.
  • Bartolomeu Dias
    Jan 1, 1488

    Bartolomeu Dias

    Sailed for Portugal.
    Sailed for 2 years.
  • Martin Behaim
    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.
  • Christopher Columbus
    Nov 17, 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    Sailed to America
    Sailed to find new world by Queen Isabella & King Ferdinand.
  • Giovanni "John" Cabot
    Jan 1, 1496

    Giovanni "John" Cabot

    Sailed for england.
    Landed on coast of New-Foundland.
    Sailed 1496 - 1498
  • Vasco Da Gama
    Nov 17, 1497

    Vasco Da Gama

    Sailed for Portugal.
    Sailed around the southern tip of Africa all the way to India.
    Took 10 Months.
  • Amerigo Vespucci
    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.
  • Juan Ponce de Leon
    Jan 1, 1513

    Juan Ponce de Leon

    Looking for Fountain of Youth.
    Sailed for Spain.
  • Vasquez Nuna de Balbona
    Mar 29, 1513

    Vasquez Nuna de Balbona

    Spanish Explorer
    1st to see the Pacific Ocean.
  • Hernando de Soto
    Jan 1, 1514

    Hernando de Soto

    Sailed for Spain.
    Explored the Mississippi River.
  • Ferdinand Magellah
    Jan 1, 1519

    Ferdinand Magellah

    Sailed for 3 years. (1519-1522)
    Sailed for Spain.
    Sailed around the world.
  • Lief Erikson

    Lief Erikson

    He sailed to North America. (Canada)
    He sailed for the Vikings.