-
1400
Prince Henry the Navigator
Prince Henry
sponsors
exploration -
1492
Christopher Columbus
Columbus
discovers
America -
1497
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da
Gama
reaches India -
1497
Exploration and Settlement of Newfoundland
John Cabot
explores
Newfoundland -
1513
Jorge Alvarez
Jorge Alvarez
reaches
China -
1534
Jacques Cartier
Cartier explores
eastern Canada -
Henry Hudson
Hudson explores the coast
of N. America -
Abel Janszoon Tasman
Abel Tasman
discovers
Tasmania and
New Zealand