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Jan 1, 1419
Prince Henry
Prince Henry of Portugal founded a navigation school on the southwestern coast of Portugal. Mapmakers, instrument makers, ship builders, scientists, and sea captains gathered there. -
Nov 29, 1488
Bartolomeu Dias
Bartholomeu Dias, a portuguese captian, founded the southern tip of Africa and explored the southeastern coast of Africa -
Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus' first voyage
Christopher Columbus founded the caribean islands. it opened the way for European countries to colonize the Americas -
Sep 29, 1493
Christopher Columbus' second voyage
Columbus' second voyage to the Americas. He commanded some 17 ships, over 1000 soldiers, screwmen, and colonists in the hopes of making the Carribean colonies. -
Nov 29, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
A treaty signed by Spain And Portugal that created the Line of Demarcation.All land to the west of the line was Spain's and to the east was Portugal's. -
Nov 29, 1497
Vasco da Gama
a portuguese explorer, Vasco da Gama, explored the east coast of Africa untill he reached the port of Calicut in India. gave Portugal a sea route to India. -
Nov 29, 1498
Christopher Columbus' third voyage
Columbus' third voyage was to bring more supplies for settlements and to explore even more than before. He finally reached the mainland in South America. -
Nov 29, 1501
Amerigo Vespucci
An Italian in service of Portugal traveled along the east coast of South America. He returned saying thatthe Americas were not part of Asia, but a "new" world. The Americas were later named after him -
Nov 29, 1502
Christopher Columbus' fourth voyage
Columbus sailed along the coast of Cuba and Central America on this trip. -
Nov 29, 1510
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Vasco Nunez de Balboa was the first to cross the Panama and view the Pacific Ocean. -
Nov 29, 1519
Hernando Cortes
Cortes landed on the shores of Mexico in search of riches. Cortes and about 600 men found the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan. They thought that Cortes was a god and treated him as such. -
Period: Nov 29, 1519 to Nov 29, 1522
Ferdinand Magellon
With about 250 men and 5 ships, Magellon sailed around South America and into the Pacific. they eventually reached the Phillipines were he was killed in a local war. his crew continued sailing westward towards home. Only 18 men and 1 ship returned to Spain out of the original crew. they became the first people to circumnavigate the world. -
Nov 29, 1521
Hernando Cortes VS. Aztecs
Cortes and his men conquered the Aztecs with their advanced weaponry. -
Nov 29, 1524
Giovanni Verrazzano
Discovered what is modern day New York harbor. -
Nov 29, 1532
Franciso Pizarro
Pizarro conquers the Incas in what is modern day Peru. Pizarro ambushed and killed the Incan force and strangled Atahualpa, the Incan ruler, to his death. -
Nov 29, 1534
Jacques Cartier
Explored and named the St. Lawrence river -
Nov 29, 1540
Fransico Corondo
Explored in what is now southwestern US and founded the grand canyon -
Jamestown
A settlement established for king James of England on the coast of Virginia. it became England's first permanent settlement in North America. They were weak at first. but grew profitable after growing tabacco -
Samuel de Champlain
sailed up the St. Lawrencewith abouit 32 colonists and founded Quebecl, otherwise known as New France -
Henry Hudson
Founded the Hudson River and Hudson Bay -
Plymouth
A group called the Pilgrims founded the second permanent settlement in Massachusetts called Plymouth. they were Known as Puritans -
Jacques Marquette and Louisn Joliet
Explored the Great Lakes and upper Mississpi River -
Sieur de La Salle
explored the lower Mississippi River and claimed the entire river valley for France and named it Louisiana in honor of Louis XIV, the french king.
