the age of discovery

By abyr2690
  • Period: Jan 1, 1350 to

    The age of discovery

    *European kingdoms begin exploring to increase trade and Christianity
    *new technology helped Europeans make long voyages
    *Portugal was the first European country to promote exploration to Africa and Asia
    *Christopher Columbus¨s arrival in the Americas led to a new wave of Exploration
    *goods like tomatoes and horses, as well as disease, were passed between Europeans and native americans
  • 1492

    christopher columbus

    home country: Italy
    sailed for: Spain
    when: 1492-1504
    acheivement: first to find the ¨new world¨
  • 1497

    John cabot

    home country: Italy
    sailed for: England
    when: 1497 and 1498
    Achievements: first to land in north america,claimed newfound land for England
  • 1497

    Amerigo vespucci

    home country: Italy
    sailed for: Spain
    when: 1497-1503
    achievement: maybe the first European to discover the amazon river,north and south america named for him
  • 1497

    vasco da gama

    home country: Portugal
    sailed for: Portugal
    when: 1497-1524
    achievement: first to sail from Europe around Africa to India
  • 1504

    hernan cortez

    home country: Spain
    sailed for: Spain
    when: 1504-1530
    achievement: landed in mexico, conquered the Aztec civilization
  • 1504

    fransisco pizarro

    home country: Spain
    sailed for: Spain
    when: 1519-1541
    achievement: sailed to Peru, conquered the Inca civilization
  • 1511

    vsaconunezde balboa

    home country: Spain
    sailed for: Spain
    when: 1511-1513
    achievement: first explorer to discover the pacific ocean and the Isthmus of Panama
  • 1519

    Ferdinand Magellan

    home country: Portugal
    sailed for: Spain
    when: 1519-1522
    achievement: first to cross the pacific ocean; led the first expedition circumnavigate the world
  • 1520

    Giovanni Verrazano

    home country: Spain
    sailed for: Italy
    when: 1520 S
    achievement: first to sight new York and much of new England and north carolina
  • 1530

    Jacques cartier

    home country: France
    sailed for: France
    when: 1530 S-1540 S
    achievement: explored much of the Canadian coast and the st .Lawrence river

  • Samuel de chaplain

    home country: France
    sailed for: France
    when: 1600 S-1610 S
    achievement: first European to discover lake chaplain; founded Quebec, in Canada

  • Henry Hudson

    home country: England
    sailed for: England and the Netherlands
    when: 1607-1611
    achievement: explored much of new England, the Hudson river, and Hudson bay