Globalization and Exploration

Christopher Columbus sails across the Atlantic Ocean, He lands in the Bahamas

1492

I chose this event because he is known as the first person to discover the New World.

Amerigo Vespucci made two voyages to the New World.

1499

I chose this because he sailed down the coast of South America and he is the fourth person to sail to the New World.

"America" is used to describe the New World, giving credit to Amerigo Vespucci for discovering the New World.

1507

I chose this event because he is the reason that our country is now called America.

Ferdinand Magellan led a crew and they sailed around the globe.

1519

I chose this event because they were the first people to circumnavigate the globe.

Hernando de Soto along with much supplies like soldiers, priests, tradesmen, horses, and pigs arrive in Florida.

1539

I chose this because this is one of the first very big voyages to the New World and they brought a lot of people and supplies with them.

Englishman Martin Frobisher explores the waters between Greenland and Canada.

1576

I chose this event because he is searching and discovering new places of the New World.

An English Captain named Sir Francis Drake sailed around the world, leaving from and returning to Plymouth, England.

1577

I chose this event because he was the first Englishman to travel around the globe and the second person to ever do it.

The first English settlement on Roanoke Island.

1585

I chose this event because Roanoke is a well known mystery. The settlement was unsuccessful and all of the people disappeared. No one knows what happened to the people of Roanoke.

Jamestown colonists arrived in America, started to explore, and settle.

1604

I chose this event because Jamestown was the first successful English settlement that was there to stay.

King James I granted a charter to people to create a colony in America.

1606

I chose this event because this led to the first successful settlement in America being made.