age of expiation

Roger Bacon

Feb 4, 1200

an english phiosopher and sicentist

age of explaration

Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Dec 31, 1800

Prince Henry the Navigator

Feb 4, 1419

(No exact date except year) In 1419, Henry founded a navigation school on the southwestern coast of Portugal. Mapmakers, instrument makers, shipbuilders, scientists, and sea captains gathered there to perfect their trade.

Bartolomeu Dias

Feb 4, 1488

First European to sail around the south coast of Africa and up along the east coast.

discovery of the ocean route to the east

Period: Jan 1, 1492 to Dec 31, 1498

discovery of the ocean route to the east

Cristopher columbus

Oct 12, 1492

sails across the alantic with his three small ships.

Amerigo Vespucci

Feb 4, 1497

(1497, 1499, 1501) Explored up and down the coast of South America. America was named after him.

Vasco de Gama

Feb 4, 1497

First European to sail around the south of Africa and reach India.

John Cabot

Feb 4, 1497

Claimed coastal lands in present day Canada and U.S. for England. Founded colonies.

Nunez de Balboa

Feb 4, 1513

Spanish conquistador and explorer who was the first European to see the eastern part of the Pacific Ocean after crossing the Isthmus of Panama overland.

Juan Ponce de Leon

Feb 4, 1513

Spanish explorer and soldier who was the first European to set foot in Florida. Went searching for riches and the Fountain of Youth. Landed on the East Coast of Florida(St. Augustine) and named it "Pascua de Florida" (feast of flowers) and claimed the land for Spain.

Hernan Cortes

Feb 4, 1519

(1519-1521) Conquered the rich Aztec Empire in Mexico.

Francisco Pizarro

Feb 4, 1522

Spanish conquistador who traveled through much of the Pacific coast of America along Peru. Conquered Incan Empire, stealing massive amounts of gold, silver, and other treasures. Explored South America.

Giovanni Verrazano

Feb 4, 1524

Italian navigator who explored the northeast coast of Norht America from Cape Fear, North Carolina to Maine while searching for a Northwest passage to Asia.

Hernando de Soto

Feb 19, 1539

(1539-42) A spanish explorer who sailed the Atlantic Ocean and was the first European to explore Florida and the southeastern U.S.

Fransisco Coronado

Feb 4, 1540

He was the first European to explore North America's Southwest.

Nicolaus Copernicus

Feb 4, 1543

the great polish sicentist, is viwed today as the founder of moderen astonomy.

Samuel de Champlain

Feb 4, 1609

French explorer and navigator who mapped much of northeastern North America and started a setlement in Quebec. DIscovered Lake Champlain in 1609. Important in establishing and administering the French colonies in the New World.

Henry Hudson

Feb 19, 1609

(1607-1610) Was originally hired by the Dutch East India Company to find a trade route through the Americas to India. He failed at this but instead discovered the Hudson River, Hudson Bay, and Hudson Strait.

Jacques Marquette & Louis Joliet

Feb 4, 1673

Found the Mississippi River. They travelled along Lake Michigan to Green Bay, to Fox River, and the Wisconsin River to the Mississippi River. Joliet expanded fur trade westward, did extensive mapping, and established a fort on Anticosti Island.

Robert de La Salle

Feb 4, 1679

French Explorer who was sent by Kind Louis XIV(14) to travel south from Canada and sail down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico. Explored Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario.