Portugal/Spain Explorers timeline By sumcar8994 Jan 1, 1415 Prince Henry the Navigator participated in conquest of Ceuta Jan 1, 1418 Prince Henry the Navigator started school for oceanic navigation Jan 1, 1434 Prince Henry the Navigator sailed south of Cape Bojador Jan 1, 1436 Prince Henry the Navigator led a failed expedition against the Moors and Tangier Oct 29, 1492 Christopher Columbus arrives in Cuba Nov 3, 1493 Christopher Columbus spotted and named the island of Dominica Jul 8, 1497 Vasco da Gama sailed from Santa Maria de Belem with intentions of following the African coast, surround the Cape of Good Hope and sail to India Jan 1, 1500 Vasco Nunez de Balboa sailed from Spain to Comumbia, South America Feb 12, 1502 Vasco da Gama sailed again to India to take more spices and conquer more territories May 9, 1502 Christopher Columbus sailed to Mexico Jan 1, 1505 Ferninand Magellan took his first sea voyage Jan 1, 1510 Vasco Nunez de Balboa sailed to San Sebastian from San Domingo Jan 1, 1518 Ferninande Magellan leads Portugal and heads for Spain Jan 1, 1524 Vasco da Gama went on another exoedition to India to replace viceroy Duarte de Meneses
