THE AGE OF DISCOVERY

By dcli9993
  • Henry Hudson
    1607 BCE

    Henry Hudson

    Home country : England
    Sailed for : England and the Netherlands
    When: 1607-1611
    Achievements: Explored much of new England, the Hudson River, and Hudson Bay.
  • Jacques Cartier
    1530 BCE

    Jacques Cartier

    Home town : France
    Sailed for : France
    When: 1530-1540
    Achievements: Explored much of the Canadian coast and the St. Lawrence River.
  • Giovanni Verazono
    1520 BCE

    Giovanni Verazono

    Home country : Italy
    Sailed for : France
    When : 1520s
    Achievements : First to sight new York and much of England and North Carolina
  • Vasco Nunes de Balboa
    1511 BCE

    Vasco Nunes de Balboa

    home country :Spain
    Sailed for : Spain
    When : 1511-1513
    Achievements :first explorer to discover the pacific ocean and the isthmus of panama
  • Hernan Cortes
    1504 BCE

    Hernan Cortes

    Home Country : Spain
    Sailed for : Spain
    when : 1504-1530
    Achievements : Landed in mexico, conquered the Aztec Civilization.
  • Francisco Pizarro
    1504 BCE

    Francisco Pizarro

    Home country : Spain
    Sailed for : Spain
    When : 1504-1541
    Achievements : Sailed to Peru, conquered the Inca civilization.
  • John Cabot
    1497 BCE

    John Cabot

    Home country: Italy
    Sailed for :England
    When:1497-1498
    Achievements : First to land in the north america, claimed Newfoundland for England
  • Amerigo Vespucci
    1497 BCE

    Amerigo Vespucci

    Home Country : Italy
    Sailed for : Spain
    When:1497-1503
    Achievements : Maybe the first European to discover the amazon river; north ans south america named for him.
  • Vasco Da Gama
    1497 BCE

    Vasco Da Gama

    Home country: Portugal
    Sailed for : Portugal
    When : 1497-1524
    Achievements : First to sail from European around Africa and India
  • Christopher Columbus
    1492 BCE

    Christopher Columbus

    Home Country: Italy
    Sailed for:Spain
    When:1942-1504
    Achievements: First to land in the " new world"
  • The Renaissance in Europe
    1350 BCE

    The Renaissance in Europe

    The age of discorvery
  • Period: 1350 BCE to 1750 BCE

    THE AGE OF DISCOVERY

  • Ferdinand Magellan
    1504

    Ferdinand Magellan

    Home country : Portugal
    Sailed for : Spain
    When : 1504-1530
    Achievements :First to cross the specific ocean led the first expedition to circumnavigate the world.
  • Samuel De Champlian

    Samuel De Champlian

    Home country: France
    Sailed for: France
    When: 1600s-1610s Achievements :First European to discover lake Champlain ; Founded Quebec, in Canada.