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Jan 1, 1450
Prince Henry the Navigator
Son of the king in Portugal, Heard from African merchants about discoveries of gold there.
Europe's supplies of Bullion or gold and silver for making coins were running out.
Became egar for portuguese sailors to explore the west coast of africa. -
May 19, 1457
Amerigo Vespucci
Was from Spain and Portugal.
Explored Atlantic coast of South America, 1497-1504; one of
first to believe he had reached a new world -
Jan 3, 1465
John Davis
Was from England.
Explored west coast of Greenland in search of northwest passage to Asia, 1585 -
May 20, 1467
Henry Hudson
In 1609, the Dutch sent Henry hudson and English navigator to locate the passage.
He explored the Hudson river and sailed to whta is today Albany, New York. -
May 20, 1469
John Cabot
English merchants persuaded their king to send John Cabot, and Italian navigator, to the far East by a northwest route. In1497, Cabot set sail with a handful of men.
He explred the coasts of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia and established claims for England in the Americans. -
Jan 5, 1479
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
Was from Spain.
Explored Florida and Gulf region from Texas to Mexico, 1528-36 -
Aug 22, 1492
Christopher Columbus
Son of a weaver
was a skilled navigator from genoa
beleived the world was not flat
he tried for eight years to convince monarchs to finance the expedition but they all turned him down -
May 30, 1493
Treaty of tordesillas
The spanish monarchs were worried that portugal might try to take from Spain the riches Columbus had discovered. So, they asked Pope Alexander VI for help.
In 1493, the Pope drew a papal line of demarcation or an imaginary line from the North Pole to the south Pole, some 300 mile, or 480 kilometers, west to the Azores Islands. -
May 21, 1497
Giovanni Verrazano
He was a Italian Navigator. To find a Northwest passage. He sailed along the Alantic Coast from North Carolina to New York. -
May 19, 1513
Pedro cabran
Discoverd Brazil and sailed east to India -
Jun 19, 1513
Vasco nunez de Balboa
First European to sight shore of pacific Ocean -
May 18, 1519
pounce de leon
Sailed north from the island of Perto Rico to explore Florida. -
May 20, 1519
Hernan cortez
Hernan cortez invaded mexico. With the help of guns and the spread of smallpox, he destroyed the native american empire ruled by the Aztec king Montrzuma.
Cortez and his troops took large amounts of gold from the Native Americans to send back to spain. -
Jul 19, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan
was a portuguese explorer. He offred to find spain a western route to the indies, the king accetped the offer. He wanted spain to be just as rich as portugal. he commanded a fleet of five ships/ crews of 25. -
May 22, 1542
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo
Was from Spain.
Eplored pacific coast to Drake's Bay near San Francisco,1542 -
May 17, 1545
vasco da gama
he was a portuguese noble leda convoy or a group for ships down the tagus river from libson portugal.
been accommpanied by bartameu. -
May 20, 1567
Jacques Cartier
Jacques Cartier , a French navigator, sailed up yhe St.
Lawrence River as far as present-day Montreal.
This gave the French a claim to eastern Canada. -
May 21, 1577
Sir francis drake
He was from England.
First englishman to sail around the world, 1577-80 -
Aug 18, 1578
bartolome dias
Designed ships
He was the one who accommpanied vasco da gama
He had from the king to" proclaim chritian faith" and to " wrest kingdoms and new states to the hands of the barnarians -
Francisco Pizzaro
In 1532, Francisco Pizarro invaded the Inca empire. Like Cortez, Pizarro took great treasures of gold and silver from the Native Americans.
