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1000
Leif Erickson: sponsored by the country of Scandinvia
He was the first European to land on the coast of North America. Expecially in what is now prest day Canada. -
1488
Pedro Alvarez Cabral: sponsored by the country by Portugal.
he is known for finding the country of Brazil in south America. He starts a settlement there in the name of Portugal. -
1488
Bartolomenu Dias: sailed for the country of Portugal
Sailed Southward down the coast of Africa making it to the Southern tip of Africa. He called this Southern tip of the "Cape of Good Hope" -
1497
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama sailed all around Africa and all the way to India winning the European race for a sea route to Asia. -
1497
John Cabot: to look for a nothern sea route to Asia in 1497
John Cabot probably landed on the coast of present- day Newfoundland. -
1499
Amerigo Vespucci: led a voyage funded by Spain
He explored the coast of South America. -
1513
Juan Ponce de Leon made the first spanish landing on the east coast
According to legend, Ponce de leon was not looking only for gold. He also hoped to find the legendary fountain of youth. -
1513
Vasco Nunez
He hiked through steamy rivers to find them (the great waters.) -
1513
Vasco Nnez de balboa: sponsored by the country of Spain
He is known for sailing to the country of Panama of discovering the Pacific Ocean. -
1519
Herman Cortes
He conqured the Aztec Empire that had ruled the religion. -
1520
Ferdinand magellan
He sailed through storym waters of a narrow sea passage or a strait. -
1524
Giovanni de Verrazano
Verrazano explored the coast of North America from present day Nova Scotia down to the carolinas -
1528
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vasca
After coming into conflict with Native Americans in Florida, the expedition sailed south toward Mexico in November, led by Panfilo de Narvaez. Three of its five boats werein a storm. -
1531
Francisco Pizarro
He soon controlled most of the vast and wealthy Inca Empir. -
1535
Jacques Cartier
Cartier did not make it to the Pacific, but he discovered a mountain peak that he named the MOnt Royal, which means ryal mountain. -
1540
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
Finally convinced that there was no gold, members of the expedition traveled west to the Colorado River and east into what is now Kansas. They found no gold only "windswept plains" and strange "shaggy cows". -
1541
De Soto
For three years they traveled, followed stories of gold. Their economies with the native people often turned violent. -
1542
Juan Cabrillo
Around 1769, that policy changed, California was the northern frontier of the Spanish Empire in North America, and Spain needed a large number of colonies to solidify its hold on the region. -
Henry Hudson
In his ship, the Half Moon, Hudson sailed north on the Hudson River as far as the site of present day Albany, New York. Deciding that he had not found a passage to India, he turned back. The following year England sent Hudson to try agaim. -
Louis Joliet, and a priest, Jacques Marquette- traveled the Mississippi River
Joliet and Marquette hoped to find precious metals. They were also looking for a Northwest Passage. When they realize that the Mississippi flowed south into the Gulf of Mexico than west into the Pacific. -
Robert Cavelier de La Salle
He claimed the region for france, calling it Louisiana in honor of Louis XIV. In 1718 French founded New Orleans, French explorers and missionaries travled west to the Rocky mountains and the Rio Grande.
