Spain's Exploration

By Jspencer-21
  • 1479

    Isabella and Ferdinand Become King and Queen of Spain

    Isabella and Ferdinand Become King and Queen of Spain
    Ferdinand and Isabella unite Aragon and Castile Becoming Catholic Monarchs
  • 1492

    Comlubus' " Enterprise to the Indies"

    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
  • Oct 12, 1492

    Columbus Reaches West Indies

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

    Columbus Returns

    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
  • May 4, 1493

    Line of Demarcation

    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
  • 1507

    Amerigo Vespucci's "New World"

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

    Vespucci's "New World"

    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
  • 1513

    De Balboa Goes To Panama

    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
  • 1513

    Balboa Finds the South Sea

    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.
  • 1519

    Magellan Leaves For South America

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

    Ferdinand Magellan Reaches South America

    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.
  • Sep 20, 1519

    Magellan Leaves For South America

    Magellan Leaves For South America
    A Minor Portuguese Nobel named Ferdinand Magellan Sets out for Spain with five ships
  • 1520

    Finding the Strait of Magellan

    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.
  • 1520

    Magellan Reaches his Destination

    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
  • Apr 27, 1521

    Magellan is Killed

    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.
  • Sep 8, 1522

    Magellan's Crew Circumnavigates the Earth

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