Age Of Discovery

By Summer Smith
  • 1001 BCE

    Viking Exploration - Leif Ericsson

    Leif Ericsson is from Iceland he was born 1911 and died 1020. He was the first to sail and reach North America.
  • Nov 8, 1405

    Zheng

    Zheng was famous going on seven voyages to the southeast his first stop trip he made was sealing to Vietnam and India in 1405. Zheng was born in 1371 and he died in 1433
  • Nov 8, 1415

    Prince Henry

    Prince Henry was the son of king Joao. Prince Henry was famous for the voyage the led to the rounding of Africa and the establishment of sea routes to the Indies. Price Henry was born in 1349 and died in 1460
  • Nov 9, 1469

    Vasco de Gama

    Vasco de Gama
    In 1469 Vasco de Gama discovered the first sea route to India. They would soon be selling stuff to Europe. He died in 1524
  • Nov 9, 1492

    Columbus

    Columbus
    Columbus in 1492 he set sail on his first voyage from Spain. He sail crossed the Atlantic Ocean to San Salvador. He was born in 1451 and died in 1506.
  • Nov 18, 1492

    The Columbian Exchange

    The Columbian Exchange
    They exchanged different things like diseases, animals: horses, pigs, chickens, cows, and goats, food most importantly potatoes and corn
  • Nov 9, 1507

    Accimerigo Vespu

    Accimerigo Vespu
    Accimerigo Vespu was in 1454 and his most successful voyage was his 3rd he discovered present-day Rio de Janeiro and Rio de la Plata. He died in 1512
  • Nov 18, 1518

    Middle Passage/Atlantic Slave Trade

    Middle Passage/Atlantic Slave Trade
    Slaves where forced to march to holding forts along the west African coast before being loaded on ship. The ship was filthy, hot and crowded
  • Nov 9, 1519

    Ferdinand Magellan

    Ferdinand Magellan
    Ferdinand Magellan was born 1451. On his third and most successful voyage, he discovered present-day Rio de Janeiro and Rio de la Plata.
  • Nov 11, 1521

    Hernan Cortez

    Hernan Cortez
    The Spanish campaign began in February 1519, and was declared victorious in August 1521, Hernan Cortez led the army of Spanish forces and native Tlaxcalan warriors and Xicotencatl the Younger captured the emperor Cuauhtemoc and Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire.
  • Nov 18, 1532

    Francisco Pizarro - Conquest of the Incan Empire

    Francisco Pizarro - Conquest of the Incan Empire
    Francisco Pizarro a Spanish conquistador. He is famous for conquering the Inca Empire in South America between 1531 and 1533 He died 1541