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Period: Nov 30, 1430 to
legend sailors
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Nov 29, 1451
christopher columbus
He sailled across the see to prove the world was round in that you can reach asia from a different route. But instead he found america an native americans. He took them back to spain to talk about the new world he founded. The whole time he thought he was in asia -
Nov 30, 1466
montezuma
Montezuma was the ruler of the Aztecs at the time of the Spanish Conquest of Mexico. He was assumed to be about forty years old at the time of the invasion. Little is known with certainty of the details of his life prior to meeting the Spaniards but his personality and disposition towards them is well recorded -
Mar 5, 1496
john cobot
The English King Henry VII granted John Cabot the right to 'seek islands and countries of the heathen towards the west, east, and north' sailing under the English flag. John Cabot granted others to travel he got 5 ships in 300 men. died in 1499 -
Mar 9, 1500
pedro cabral
He was a navigator and an explorer. He is famous for finding Brazil. He was looking for india to get spices but found brazil. Cabral died in 1526 -
Nov 30, 1508
cuba
Sebastián de Ocampo circumnavigates Cuba and proves that it is an island. Ponce de León begins the conquest of Puerto Rico, and Juan de Esquivel, under orders of Diego Columbus, "settles" Jamaica. diago colon became the governorn -
Nov 1, 1513
francisco pizarro
Pizarro joined the expedition of Nunez de Balboa across the Isthmus of Panama to discover the Pacific Ocean. He recieved money in men to start his own voyage but only reaches the coast of columbia but found gold. -
Mar 22, 1519
Megellan
The king gave him ships to sail to spice island in he promised him one fifth of the land. His crew men were the first men to travel around the world. He died saiing around in never made it. -
Nov 30, 1559
melaka
He traded spice. He made his own trade route for the arab. They signed a treaty with local ruler and export cloves to the european market. -
Jan 1, 1577
Drake
Dake set sell in him and his crew were on the sea for 63 days till they reached brazil. His goal was to sail around the world but was hit by a storm in had to go back to england for repairs. No one know how he died or anything.
