Rennisance Exploration

  • Prince Henry the Navigator
    Sep 15, 1419

    Prince Henry the Navigator

    Broughy together mathmations, geographers, and mapmakers, sponsered voyages down the coast of Africa.Converted many African Cristian.
  • Christopher columbus discovers the bahams
    Oct 10, 1492

    Christopher columbus discovers the bahams

    He plans to go west to get to the the Asia. Discovers the bahamas not Asia .
  • Treaty of Tordesillas is signed
    Jun 17, 1494

    Treaty of Tordesillas is signed

    Intended to solve the dispute after Cristopher Columbus. All land south of the canary island belongs to Portugal, Portugal couldm't claim new land east of the border.
  • Pope Alexander VI draws the Line of Demarcation
    Sep 12, 1494

    Pope Alexander VI draws the Line of Demarcation

    Land east of the line was Protugal and west of the line was Spains land. It later had to be moved west when they explored more the continent.
  • Vasco de gama reaches india
    Jan 1, 1497

    Vasco de gama reaches india

    After rounding the cape of good hope he made numerious stops along Africas coast.1502 he was tasked to go back to India in which he butally clached with muslim traders. Dies in 1524 from a illness
  • Vespucci maps South America’s coastline
    Jan 1, 1499

    Vespucci maps South America’s coastline

    Left Ojeda after reaching the coast of what is now Guyana.
  • Cabral reaches Brazil
    Jan 1, 1499

    Cabral reaches Brazil

    After 8 days Cabral sailed back. Cortal left behind two criminals to live with the natives.described the native americans as savages with stone age tools.
  • Magellan’s crew circumnavigates the world
    Jan 1, 1519

    Magellan’s crew circumnavigates the world

    In 1519 sent west to find a new route to the spice islands. Became the first European to cross the Pacific ocean. Died during a battle on the voyage.
  • Cortes lands in Mexico
    Jan 1, 1519

    Cortes lands in Mexico

    508 soldiers sailed with Cortes from Cuba. The first sight of land was the coast of Yucatan in the Mayan civilization.On holy Thursday of 1519 Cortes’ armada arrived at Veracruz.
  • Invention of the astrolabe

    Invention of the astrolabe

    Is costructed of a hollow disk called the mater, It was moved with islam followers into North Europe. Its use was not used until the 13th and 14th century.