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May 17, 1434
Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugoul
On the way to africa they had to face frequent viloent storms and strong currents. Called it the sea of darkness. Most sailors refused to go there. Sent 14 expeditions over there throughout 12 years. He went there to find gold because europe supllies of gold ran out. He also set up schools for teching how to sail. -
May 17, 1487
Bartolomeu Dias Portuguese
He wanted to be the first eurpean to voyage around the cape of good hope. He embarked on his voyage from the river Tagus. He had two armed caravels and one supply ship. The supply ship was a square rigger and led by his brother, Pero Dias. HIs exploration lasted 6 months. His trip ended at the Algoa bay. -
Aug 3, 1492
Christopher Columbus Italy
Some people thought he was trying to prove the world was round,He tried for eight years to get King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella to supply him with ships and money. Finally they agreed, but he made more demands. He tried for eight years to get King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella to supply him with ships and money. They left Spain on August 3, 1492. They made one stop, then sailed on toward the west. After many days, the sailors were ready to turn around and start back home. -
May 4, 1493
Treaty of Tordesillas Spain Portugual
The Treaty of Tordesillas was agreed upon by the Spanish and the Portuguese to clear up confusion on newly claimed land in the New World. The early 1400s brought about great advances in European exploration. In order make trade more efficient. -
May 2, 1497
John Cabot Italy
Cabot sailed out of Bristol with his ship, the Matthew. He landed in the New World, believing that he had landed on the east coast of Asia.He may have landed in Maine or Newfoundland, Canada. Wherever he landed, he claimed it in the name of King Henry VII. -
Mar 2, 1498
Vasco da Gama Portuguese
He left his hometown on November 22. The expedition stopped on the East African coast, and broke up the storeship, and arrived in Mozambique March 2 1498.There they were assumed to be Muslims, and the sultan of Mozambique supplied them with pilots, who guided them on their journey northward. They stopped in Mombasa and Malindi before sailing to the east. -
May 17, 1500
Pedro Cabral Portuguese
First european to see brazil. Was leading an expedition to the indies but the expedition sail west for the new world. Dias accompined him on the journey. Vasco da Gama himself gave the directions necessary for the course of the voyage.Pedro Alvares Cabral embarked from the River Tagus below Lisbon on his voyage of exploration with 13 ships and 1500 men. -
May 3, 1501
Amerigo Vespucci Italy
Vespucci was a skilled navigator. As a trader, he was very interested in finding a quicker way to sail to Asia. He went on at least two voyages to Central and South America,and Spain and Portugal. He went to many places, including Venezuela and Brazil. -
Mar 16, 1513
Ponce de Leon Spain
As a reward for his service to Spain, Ponce de Leon was given the right to find Bimini, one of the islands in the Bahamas. The "Fountain of Youth" was supposed to be in Bimini. Legend has it that anyone who drank from the fountain would never grow old. Ponce de Leon organized an expedition to find the fountain in March of 1513. He landed near the site of what is now St. Augustine, Florida -
May 17, 1513
vasco nunez de balboa spain
Vasco Nunez de Balboa sailed with hundreds of Spaniards and Indians across the Gulf of Uraba to the Darien Peninsula. Balboa and his party explored overland through dense rainforests in a west direction.Vasco Nunez de Balboa was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean from a peak in Darien, Panama. He had climbed the peak alone.September Balboa travelled to the ocean and claimed it and all the land that touched it for Spain. -
Sep 17, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan Nothern Portuual
In September of 1519, theircrew andFerdinand said our prayers and set sail for southern Spain with five ships—the Santiago, the San Antonio, the Conception, the Trinidad, and the Victoria. At first, all went well. Our small fleet sailed across the Atlantic Ocean and reached South America. -
Apr 21, 1520
Hernan Cortez Spain
He is famous for being a Spanish conqueror of Mexico and the Aztec Empire.Cortes establishes the town of La Villa Rica de la Vera Cruz. To prevent any possibility of desertion and retreat he literally burns all of his boats. -
Mar 26, 1526
Giovanni Verrazona Italy
He is famous for exploring the northeast coast of North America from Cape Fear, North Carolina to Maine.He also discovered a harbor naming it Angouleme it would later be called Manhattan. He set anchor in the the straight between Staten Island and Long Island, where he received a canoe party of Lenape. -
May 17, 1532
franisco pizzaro
Invaded peru within 5 years he conquared the Inca empire. Took great trsures of gold and silver from the native americans. He built City of Kings on the coast. -
May 18, 1532
Jacques Cartier brittany
Lead 3 expeditions. Grande Hermine was the name of the ship used by Jacques Cartier. The Grande Hermine was a small ship of sixty tons. Another small ship accompanied the Grande Hermine. Both ships had a crew of thirty men. He goes to new foundland, north america, He went to canda several times also but on the last time he tried to start settlement and was abandoned. -
Jan 27, 1536
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca Spain
Famous for being the first European to explore Texas and Southwest America.Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca meet Spanish soldiers of New Spain in what is now the State of Sinaloa in northwest Mexico -
May 19, 1542
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo Spain
The first European explorer to navigate the coast of present day California in the United States. The Cabrillo expedition sailed from the port of Navidad with three ships. Cabrillo sailed in the ship called the the San Salvador. Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo was hoping to discover a route connecting the North Pacific to the North Atlantic. He failed because he go a wound that he couldnt heal and he died from it. -
May 18, 1577
Sir Francis Drake England
Sailed around the world on a ship called the golden hide. Queen Elizabeth sent him. On the way around the world he destroyed the spanish armada. -
John Davis England
He accompanied a Dutch expedition to the East Indies as pilot, sailing from Flushing, returning to Middleburg, and carefully charting and recording.In the last voyage he pushed through the straits still named after him into Baffin Bay, coasting west Greenland -
Henry Hudson England
Famous for Voyages of exploration for the Muscovy Company and the discovery of the Hudson River.: Henry Hudson was ready to command his second expedition to discover a northeast passage through the Arctic waters north of Russia.
