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Jan 1, 1487
Portugal - Dias
Dias was the first European explorer to sail around the Cape of Good Hope. -
Oct 3, 1492
Spain - Colombus
Columbus sets Sail and finds the "New World" (Today's San Salvador) -
May 2, 1497
England - Cabot
Cabot sets sail for Newfoundland. -
Jan 1, 1513
Spain - De Leon
Juan Ponce De Leon Exlored Florida looking for the so called Fountain Of Youth. -
Aug 10, 1519
Portugal - Magellan
Magellan sets sail for his journey around the world. -
Nov 8, 1519
Spain - Cortes
Cortes reached Tenochtitlan where he captured and killed the leader of the Aztecs, Montezuma. -
Jan 1, 1524
Italy - Verrazano
Giovanni da Verrazano sailed to the New World for france. He was exploring the New World to find a passage way that would take him West but he never found one. -
Jan 1, 1540
Spain - Corronado
Corronado was a Spanish explorer who was the first to find the Pueblo Indians. -
Jan 1, 1577
England - Drake
Sir Francis Drake was the first English explorer to sail around the world he also defeated the Spanish Armada and Claimed California for England. -
Netherlands - Barents
William Barents discovers Spitsbergen while searching for a sea route that goes North. -
Netherlands - Janszoon
Willem Janszoon sails to the Gulf of Carpentaria. -
France - Champlain
Samuel de Champlain explored the Great Lakes and named one Lake Champlain. Champlain was also the first to investigate the eastern shore of Canada. -
England - Hudson
Henry Hudson explored Hudson Bay, Hudson River, and Hudson Strait .. And obviously named them after himself. -
Netherlands - Block
Adrian Block lands on an island which was later named Block Island. I wonder why? -
Enland - Pilgrims
The Pilgrims founded a second English colony. -
Dutch
The Dutch capture the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba from Span. -
France - Marquette And Joliet
Father Marquette and Louis Joliet discovered the Mississippi River and traveled down it as far as the Arkansas River then returned north. -
France - LaSalle
LaSalle travelled to the mouth of the Mississippi river and claimed it for later claimed it for France. -
Netherlands - Vlamingh
Willem De Vlamingh discovered an island to the West of Australia.
