world explorers timeline Mea.c and Maddalena.g

By lden0
  • Mar 10, 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    sailed from Spain to the Americas.
  • Mar 10, 1497

    Vasco da Gama

    discovered a route from Portugal to Asia via the southen tip of Afica.
  • Mar 10, 1501

    Amerigo Vespucci

    first European to see what is now known as Brazil (in south America)
  • Mar 10, 1519

    Ferdinand Magellan

    first person to circumnavigate the world
  • Mar 10, 1524

    Giovanni da Verrazzano

    explored the north-east coast of North America