Spain's Exploration

  • Isabella and Ferdinand Become King and Queen of Spain
    1479

    Isabella and Ferdinand Become King and Queen of Spain

    Ferdinand and Isabella unite Aragon and Castile Becoming Catholic Monarchs
  • Comlubus' " Enterprise to the Indies"
    1492

    Comlubus' " Enterprise to the Indies"

    In 1492, Christopher Columbus persuades The King and Queen to fund his Journey to the West Indies, to Spread trade and Christianity
  • Columbus Reaches West Indies
    Oct 12, 1492

    Columbus Reaches West Indies

    After 2 Months, Columbus Reaches the Carribeans, what he believed to be India, desperate for food and supplies.
  • Columbus Returns
    1493

    Columbus Returns

    Columbus Returns to Spain to A hero's Welcome, and goes to What he believes is India three more times, when he realizes it is lands unknown to Europe instead
  • Line of Demarcation
    May 4, 1493

    Line of Demarcation

    Spain and Portugal fought over who claimed land in new world, So Pope Alexander IV made a line, giving Spain Lands and trade rights West of the line, and Portugal The East side
  • Amerigo Vespucci's "New World"
    1507

    Amerigo Vespucci's "New World"

    In 1507 Amerigo Vespucci reports on a new world, and Its is Named "America" after him
  • Vespucci's "New World"
    1507

    Vespucci's "New World"

    Amerigo Vespucci writes a report of the New World and a German Cartographer Named the New Land America Columbus' Islands became known as the West Indies
  • De Balboa Goes To Panama
    1513

    De Balboa Goes To Panama

    in 1513, Vasco Nunez de Balboa hacks a path through Panama. Along with the help of the natives, they reach the South Sea, now known as the Pacific Ocean
  • Balboa Finds the South Sea
    1513

    Balboa Finds the South Sea

    With the Help of Native Americans, Vasco Nunez de Balboa hacks a path through Panama to the Pacific, which he named the South Sea.
  • Magellan Leaves For South America
    1519

    Magellan Leaves For South America

    On September 20th, 1519, a Portuguese minor nobel set out from spain with five ships, heading to South America
  • Ferdinand Magellan Reaches South America
    Sep 20, 1519

    Ferdinand Magellan Reaches South America

    On Sept. 20th, 1519, Ferdinand Magellan Reaches South America after a month of storms, tropical heat, and at least one mutiny.
  • Magellan Leaves For South America
    Sep 20, 1519

    Magellan Leaves For South America

    A Minor Portuguese Nobel named Ferdinand Magellan Sets out for Spain with five ships
  • Finding the Strait of Magellan
    1520

    Finding the Strait of Magellan

    In November 1520, Ferdinand Magellan Entered a bay at the southern tip of South America and Charted the Strait of Magellan, into Balboa's South Sea, and it was Renamed the Pacific.
  • Magellan Reaches his Destination
    1520

    Magellan Reaches his Destination

    After over a year of Journey, Ferdinand Magellan finds a bay on the tip of South America that leads to a strait into the Pacific Ocean, which is later named the Strait of Magellan
  • Magellan is Killed
    Apr 27, 1521

    Magellan is Killed

    On his way to the East Indies, Magellan is killed in a local conflict, but his crew presses on in their trek to circumnavigate, or sail around the world.
  • Magellan's Crew Circumnavigates the Earth
    Sep 8, 1522

    Magellan's Crew Circumnavigates the Earth

    After three years, Magellan's Crew reaches Seville, Spain, with one ship and only eighteen sailors left.

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