The Great Adventure By Brendon McCoy Period: Sep 16, 1300 to Sep 16, 1600 The Great Adventure Nov 17, 1300 Marco Polos travles Cathy China Dec 14, 1400 People in europe began to look the seas Sep 15, 1492 Columbus first adventure to the New World Jul 24, 1497 Vasco da Gama finds a route to India Sep 15, 1497 Sent Cabot on a voyage westward Sep 15, 1498 Noy Voyage to south america Sep 15, 1500 Spain claims the New World in the 1500s Sep 15, 1508 Juan Pounce de Leon settled in Puerto Rico Sep 15, 1524 King Francis I sent Itialian navigator Giovanni da Verrazano Sep 15, 1526 The 150 remaining colinist returned to Hispaniola Sep 15, 1539 Hernando de Soto sailed with the military expedition fron Havana Cuba Sep 15, 1539 The military spen the winter of 1539-1540 Sep 15, 1560 The atlantic coastal region had seen a flurry of spanish activity Sep 15, 1560 Spaniards focused their attention southward Sep 15, 1562 France sent a colony under the command of Jean Ribault to North America Sep 15, 1562 Ribualt Hugentots attempted to settle near present day Port royal Soth Carolina Sep 15, 1564 The colinist gave up Sep 15, 1565 Spain sent troops to florida Sep 15, 1566 Jaun Pardo and Hernando Boyano led a small group of men into the south carolina coast