Portuguese and Spanish Explorers

  • Prince Henry's Navigation School
    Jan 1, 1418

    Prince Henry's Navigation School

    Henry Started a Navigation
  • Prince Henry the Navigator
    Jan 1, 1441

    Prince Henry the Navigator

    Nuno Tristao and Antao Goncalves reached Cape Blanco in 1441
  • Prince Henry Portuguese Sighted the Bay of Arguin
    Jan 1, 1443

    Prince Henry Portuguese Sighted the Bay of Arguin

    They sighted the Bay of Arguin in 1443
  • Prince Henry Bay of Arguin
    Jan 1, 1448

    Prince Henry Bay of Arguin

    Built a Fort there in 1448
  • Columbus Sets sail
    Aug 3, 1492

    Columbus Sets sail

    He set sail across the Atlantic
  • Vasco Da Gama
    Jan 1, 1493

    Vasco Da Gama

    He announced that he had successfully found a route to the Orient by sailing west across the Atlantic
  • Columbus second expedition
    Nov 3, 1493

    Columbus second expedition

    On a second expedition to the New World Columbus spotted and named the island of Dominica
  • Vasco Da Gama
    Jan 1, 1497

    Vasco Da Gama

    Pointed the comand of expedition
  • Vasco da Gama
    Jan 1, 1497

    Vasco da Gama

    Indroduced a all water rote from Europe to Asia
  • Balboa
    Jan 1, 1510

    Balboa

    He stowed away on a boat going to San Sebastian from Santo Domingo
  • Balboa and Santa
    Jan 1, 1511

    Balboa and Santa

    Balboa founded the first European settlement in South America
  • Balboa And the Pacific Ocean
    Jan 1, 1513

    Balboa And the Pacific Ocean

    He was the first European to see the Eastern Pacific Ocean
  • Magellan
    Jan 1, 1519

    Magellan

    The first expedition to cirrcumnavigate the world set sail by Magellan
  • The end of Magellans Voyage
    Sep 6, 1522

    The end of Magellans Voyage

    when his crew returnered only with 18 of the original crew of 270 member he was not one of the 18 who made it back