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100
Lateen Sail
This invention is called the Lateen Sail and it helped in the speed of ships. It lets air catch it and the wind blows the sail and that pushes the boat. -
100
Magnetic Compass
This invention is called the Magnetis compass. It shows which way North, East ,South, and West using magnetic poles to draw metal objects inside the compass to the North Pole and the South Pole.
221-206 BC -
200
Astrolabe
This invention was called the astrolabe and it was used to guide ships at sea. -
300
Rudder
This invention is called a rudder. It is something that helps steer the boat. The rudder is on the bottom of a boat. -
Dec 26, 1254
Marco Polo
His name is Marco Polo and he traveled to China and Asia to learn about goods. He was from Italy and he was a merchant there. He made a book about his memories and it sold all over Europe. -
Dec 26, 1394
Henry the Navigator
His name was Henry the Navigator as some people called him. He found the islands of Madiera and Porto Santo. -
Dec 26, 1450
Bartholomew Dias
His name is Bartholomew Dias. He was from Europe and was the first person to sail around the Cape of Good Hope in Africa. He was on an expidition to Brazil but, his ship sank in 1500.He discovered a new way to travel from Europe to Asia going around the tip of Africa. -
Dec 27, 1450
John Cabot
His name is John Cabot and he explored the East side of upper North America. -
Oct 31, 1451
Christopher Columbus
His name is Christopher Columbus and he searched for a route from England to Asia. He also found and claimed land in the Americas. He did it for Spain. -
Mar 9, 1454
Amerigo Vespucci
His name is Amerigo Vespucci and he found the new land (now known as America.) -
Dec 27, 1469
Vasco De Gama
His name is Vasco De Gama and he discovered a sea route to India. He also found Mambosa and Malinda. -
Dec 27, 1471
Francisco Pizarro
His name is Francisco Pizarro and he went through the isthmus of Panama with Vasco Nunez de Balboa. He left for Paris from Panama. -
Dec 27, 1474
Juan Ponce De Leon
His name is Juan Ponce De Leon and he had a war with the Imarite of Granada and then he went on the second expidition of Christopher Columbus to the Americas. -
Dec 27, 1475
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
His name is Vasco Nunez de Balboa and he founded Santa Maria witch he later become the mayor of. -
Dec 27, 1480
Ferdinand Magellan
His name is Ferdinand Magellan and he was the first to do a circum-navigation of the world. -
Dec 26, 1485
Hernando Cortes
His name was Hernando cortes or Hernan Cortes and he is most famuos for taking over the Aztecs in Mexico. He was born in Medellin, Columbia. He took all the gold and silver the aztecs had, but at first they did not know about the silver. They only knew about the gold. -
Dec 27, 1491
Jacques Cartier
His name is Jacques Cartier and he discovered Brazil to proove he can guide a ship to new land. -
Dec 27, 1496
Hernando De Soto
His name is Hernando De Soto and he went on a coquest to Peru. He joined Francisco Pizarro. He was originally looking to find a passage between the Pacific ocean and the Atlantic ocean. -
Dec 27, 1510
Fransisco Vasquez De Coranado
His name is Francisco Vaquez De Coranado and he explored the middle of North America and also attacked the zunis tribe for not letting them enter. -
Dec 27, 1544
Sir Frances Drake
His name is SIr Francis Drake and he was a thief that traveled on ship and stole from ships and areas for their recources and money. -
Dec 27, 1560
Henry Hudson
His name is Henry Hudson and he found Jan Mayen. He started out as a cabin boy and worked hid way up to ship's captain. -
Aug 13, 1574
Samuel Champlain
His name is Samuel Champlain and his first travel was on his father's ship. He founded the city of Quebec witch is on the East coast of North America. -
Rene Robert Cavelier
His name is Rene Robert Cavelier and he traveled down the Ohio river, but was stopped by the falls there. -
Leif Eriksson
His name is Lief Eriksson and he was born in Iceland. He looked for Greenland after he visited Norway but ended up in North America. Leif found North Amerca although he was following a course set by another Icelander.
