Age

History Timeline

  • Marco Polo
    Jan 1, 1254

    Marco Polo

    he was Itlaian. he travel from Europe to Asia
  • Period: Jan 1, 1400 to

    Age of Exploration

  • Bartolomeu Dias
    Jan 1, 1488

    Bartolomeu Dias

    He was Portuguese. He led the first European expedition round the Cape
  • Jacques Cartier
    Jan 1, 1491

    Jacques Cartier

    He was French. He clamied lands so that it would become Canada.
  • Christopher Columbus
    Aug 1, 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    Source

    In August of 1492, Columbus left Spain in the Santa Maria, with the Pinta and the Niña along side.
  • Hernando de Soto
    Jan 1, 1500

    Hernando de Soto

    He was spanish. 1st expedition to the Grand Canyon
  • Ferdinand Magellan
    Jan 1, 1505

    Ferdinand Magellan

    Ferdinand Magellan joins a fleet and soon starts his legacy as a Portugese sailor.
  • Amerigo Vespucci
    Jan 1, 1507

    Amerigo Vespucci

    America named after Amerigo Vespucci by the French scholars.
  • Juan Ponce de León
    Jan 1, 1512

    Juan Ponce de León

    Juan Ponce de León searches for the Fountain of Youth for Spain.
  • Giovanni da Verrazzano
    Jan 1, 1524

    Giovanni da Verrazzano

    He was Italian.He charted the Atlantic coast of North America between the Carolinas and Newfoundland, including New York Harbor.
  • Sir Walter Raleeigh

    Sir Walter Raleeigh

    He was English. He established a colony.
  • Samuel de Champlain

    Samuel de Champlain

    Samuel de Champlain begins to explore America as a French sailor.
  • Henry Hudson

    Henry Hudson

    Hudson finds a northern trade route to Asia for the English.