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u.s history

  • the colombian exchange
    Jan 1, 1000

    the colombian exchange

    Merchants in Europe knew they would make a lot of money selling goods to Asia
  • Vasco da Gama
    1460

    Vasco da Gama

    Vasco de gama sailed all around Africa to India
    He opened up a new trade route
    Winning the European race for a sea route to Asia.
    The results of the exploration is Portugal controls the trade route of Asia.
  • Bartholomew Dias
    1488

    Bartholomew Dias

    Bartholomew Dias sailed from Portugal to Africa.he was a Portuguese explorer. he sailed around the outer most tip of Africa.he was the first European to do so.
  • Christoper Columbus
    1492

    Christoper Columbus

    Christopher Columbus' voyages led to new exchanges between Europe, Africa, and the Americans.
    Christopher Columbus sailed across the Atlantic ocean and reached a continent.Nina Mia and Santa maria were Christopher Columbus's three ships.
  • John Cabot
    1497

    John Cabot

    an Italian sailor. Sailing for the English, searched for a passage to the pacific ocean along the coast of Canada and Newfoundland. This became the basis of England's claim to north america.
  • juan cabrillo
    1499

    juan cabrillo

    (1499 - january 1543) he was a maritime explorer best known for investigation of the west coast of n,orth america.
  • Amerigo Vespucci
    1504

    Amerigo Vespucci

    Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian merchant, explorer, and navigator from the Republic of Florence, from whose name the terms America and Americas are derived. Between 1497 and 1504, Vespucci participated in at least two voyages of the Age of Discovery
  • Juan Ponce de Leon
    1513

    Juan Ponce de Leon

    explored present day florida in 1513. Looking for the fountain of youth.
  • vasco nunez balboa who saild for spanish
    Sep 25, 1513

    vasco nunez balboa who saild for spanish

    first European too see the east coast of the pacific ocean he started present day panama
  • Ferdinand Magellan
    1519

    Ferdinand Magellan

    Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer who organised the Spanish expedition to the East Indies. resulting in the first circumnavigation of the Earth
  • hernan cortes
    1519

    hernan cortes

    a conquistador who explored mexico in 1519. Conquered Aztec.
  • fransisco pizaro
    1532

    fransisco pizaro

    explored the Andes mountains of south america and conquered the Inca empire.
  • Jacques Cartier
    1534

    Jacques Cartier

    french sailor, sailed down the saint Lawrence river all the way to present-day Montreal, claiming lands for France.
  • Hernando de Soto
    1539

    Hernando de Soto

    explored north Carolina in 1539
  • Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
    1540

    Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

    in the north american southwest discovered the grand canyon (in AZ).
  • Henry Hudson

    Henry Hudson

    an English captain led a dutch expedition to present day new York
  • Henry Hudson

    Henry Hudson

    being marooned
  • Rene-Robert De La Salle

    Rene-Robert De La Salle

    claimed lands among the Mississippi river and in the Mississippi valley.