TimeToast timeline for Ch2 lesson 2

  • Period: 1988 BCE to 1518

    fransisco pizarro

    a conquistador who explored the Andes mountains of south america and conquered the Inca empire
  • Leif Erickson
    1020

    Leif Erickson

    was a norse explorer from iceland. he is thought to have been the first known european to have set foot on continental north america, approximately half a millennium before Christopher Columbus.
  • Christopher Columbus
    1451

    Christopher Columbus

    an Italian explorer and navigator who completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean, opening the way for European exploration and colonization of the America
  • Vasco da Gama
    1479

    Vasco da Gama

    Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea.his initial voyage to India was the first to link Europe and Asia by an ocean route
  • Bartolomeu Dias
    1488

    Bartolomeu Dias

    He sailed around the southernmost tip of Africa in 1488 the first European to do that.setting up the route from Europe to Asia later on.
  • Amerigo Vespucci
    1497

    Amerigo Vespucci

    italian merchant, explorer, and navigator from the Republic of Florence, from whose name the terms America and Americas are derived. Between 1497 and 1504
  • Vasco Nunez de Balbo
    1513

    Vasco Nunez de Balbo

    Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador. He is best known for having crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513
  • juan ponce de leon
    1513

    juan ponce de leon

    explored present day florida on 1513 looking for the foundtan of youth
  • 1518

    alvar nunez cabeza de vaca

    explored southwest looking for 7 cities of gold
  • Ferdinand Magellan
    1519

    Ferdinand Magellan

    Portuguese explorer who organised the Spanish expedition to the East Indies from 1519 to 1522
  • 1519

    fransisco vasquez de Coronado

    in north america southwest looking for cities of gold,discoverd the grand canon
  • 1542

    juan rodriguez cabrillo

    soldier and explorer in service to Spain. He is best known for his explorations of the coast of California