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Jan 27, 1394
Prince Henry the Navigator and his school for sailors
Prince Henry the Navigator was the Portuguese royal prince, soldier and patron of explorers. He sent ships expeditions down the Africa's west coast, which he did not attend. -
Jan 27, 1451
Columbus
Columbus discovered the "New World" of the americans. -
Jan 27, 1453
Turkish Empire cuts off land route from Europe to Asia
The spice trade began in the MIddle East over 4,000 years ago. The Muslims were now in control of the control trade route that was currenly exisiting. -
Jan 30, 1460
Juan Ponce De Leon
Juan Ponce De Leon was the founder of the oldest settlement in Puerto Rico and landed on the mainland of North America. -
Jan 30, 1475
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Vasco Nunez de Balboa became the first European to see the Pacific Ocean -
Jan 30, 1480
Ferdinand Magellan
In search of fame and fortune, Portugese Explorer Ferdinand Magellan and set out from Spain in 1519 with a fleet of five ships to discover a western sea route to the Spice Islands. -
Jan 27, 1488
Bartholomeu Dias
Bartolomeu Dias became the first European mariner to get together the southern tip of Africa. When this event it opened the way for a sea route from Europe to Asia. -
Jan 30, 1497
Amerigo Vespucci
He was a navigator, which was also an explorer who played a prominent role in exploring the New World. -
Jan 30, 1513
Francisco Pizzaro
Served on the 1513 espedition of Vasco Nunez de Balboa, during which he discovered the Pacific Ocean. -
Jan 30, 1518
Hernandez Cortez
A Spanish conquistador who overthrew the Aztec empire and who mexico for the crown of Spain. -
Jan 30, 1532
Hernando de Soto
Hernando de Soto was found who had become the first European to discover the Missippi River and his exploration began at age 14. -
Jan 30, 1534
Jacques Cartier
Jacques Cartier named after the "Kanata", the settlement which was originally named the Huroniroquois. -
Jan 30, 1540
Francisco Coronado
At the beginning of the 16th century, the Spanish Explorer Francisco Coronado was serving as governor of an important province in New Spain. -
Jan 30, 1577
Sir Francis Drake
Sir Francis Drake circumnavigated the globe from 1577-1580, helped defeat the Spanish Armada of 1588. -
Sir Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter Raleigh was an English explorer-adventurer and writer who established a colony near roanoke island, in present- day North Carolina. -
John Cabot
John Cabot is an Explorer that has claimed to land in Canada but he had made a mistake for it be Asia, during his 1597 voyage on the ship Matthew. -
Jacques Marquette
Jacques Marquette is best known as the first European to see and map the northern portion of the Missippi River. -
Luois Jolliet
Louis Jolliet was the 17th century Canadian explorer who aided by the Native American communities, explored the origins of the Missippi River. -
Rene-Robert de La Salle
Rene-Robert de La Salle was an explorer and he was best known as the leading espedition down the illinois and missippi rivers.
