chapter 2

  • 1000

    Leif Eriksson

    Leif Eriksson
  • 1200

    Marco Polo

    Marco Polo
  • 1324

    Mansa Musa

    Mansa Musa
  • 1420

    Prince Henry

    Prince Henry
  • 1487

    Bartolomeu Dias

    Bartolomeu Dias
    King John sent Dias to the Southernmost part of Africa. Then Dias has to sail Northeast into the Indian ocean.
  • 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    Christopher Columbus
  • 1497

    John Cabot

    John Cabot
    England sent John Cabot and a Italian to go look in the Northern part of Asia.
  • 1497

    Vasco de Gama

    Vasco de Gama
  • 1499

    Amerigo Vespucci

    Amerigo Vespucci
  • 1513

    Francisco Pizarro

    Francisco Pizarro
  • 1513

    Juan Ponce DeLeon

    Juan Ponce DeLeon
  • 1517

    Martin Luther

    Martin Luther
  • 1519

    Herman Cortes

    Herman Cortes
  • 1520

    Ferdinand Magellan

    Ferdinand Magellan
  • 1524

    Giovanni de Verrazano

    Giovanni de Verrazano
  • 1528

    Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

    Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
  • 1535

    Jacques Cartier

    Jacques Cartier
  • 1540

    Francisco Vasques de Coronado

    Francisco Vasques de Coronado
  • 1541

    Harnando de Soto

    Harnando de Soto
  • 1542

    Barolome de Las Casas

    Barolome de Las Casas
  • 1542

    Juan Cabrillo

    Juan Cabrillo
  • Juan de Onate

    Juan de Onate
  • Henry Hudson

    Henry Hudson
  • Louis Joliet

    Louis Joliet