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1000
Lief Eriksson, sponsored by Scandanavia.
In 1000 Lief Eriksson was blown off course by a storm. -Landed off the coast of N America -1st Europeans to reach N America -
1488
Pedro Alverez Able :Sponsored by Portagul
Known for finding brazil. -
1497
Bartolomeu Dias, sponsored by Portugal
Bartolomeu Dias set out from Lisbon with two small caravels and a supply ship. Sent to explore the southern most part of Africa. Helped discover a possible new route to India. -
1497
John Cabot: sponsored by England
Was an Italian. Looked for a Northern sea route to Asia. Landed on the coast of present-day Newfoundland. -
1498
Vasco da Gama, Sponsored by Portugal.
Found the route to Asia with the help of Bartolomeu Dias. Sailed a wide arc south and west of Africa to reach ocean currents that would help the sailors travel safely around the cape of good hope. He acheived Portugal's long-held dream of a sea route to Asia. -
1499
Amerigo Vespucci: sponsored by Spain
One of the First people to discover America. America, was named after him. Signed a Treaty of Tordesillas. -
1513
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Was hoping to win favor of Ferdinand, the king of Spain. Was looking to find gold, he found the pacific ocean and claimed it and all of its shores for Spain. -
1519
Hernan Cortes: Sponsored by Spain
Landed on the coast of present day Mexico. Within two years, Cortes conquered the Aztec Empire that had ruled the region. The Aztec's gold made Spain and Cortes rich. -
1522
Ferdinand Magellan: Sponsored by Spain
Died in the Philippine islands. His crew was first to circumnavigate, or sail around the world. -
1524
Giovanni de Verrazano: Sponsored by France
-Explored the coast of North America from present day Nova Scotia down to the Carolinas. -Was hired by France to look for Northern route. -
1531
Francisco Pizarro:Sponsored by Spain
Pizarro led an army into the Inca capital in Cuzco,Peru. The Spanish arrested and later executed the Inca ruler. Pizarro soon controlled the vast and wealthy Inca empire. -
1535
Jacques Cartier: Sponsored by France
-Sailed up to saint Lawrence river -Did not make it to the pacific but he discovered a mountain peak that he named Mont-Royal. Which means Royal mountain. Which is now the site of modern day montreal. -
1536
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca;Sponsored by Spain
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca was part of a Spanish expedition to Florida in 1528. After coming into a conflict with the Native Americans in Florida, the expedition sailed south towards Mexico in November, led by Panfilo de Narvaez. Three of five boats were lost in a storm. Cabeza de Vaca told the Native Americans that they had healing powers. He told eager listeners about the seven city's of gold. -
1565
Juan Ponce de Leon
Searched for the legendary fountain of youth. Juan Ponce de Leon made the first Spanish landing on the east coast of present day Florida in 1513. Juan Ponce de Leon's exploration led to the first Spanish settlement in what is now the United States-----a fort the Spanish built at St.Augustine,Florida. -
Henry Hudson:sponsored by the Netherlands.
-Henry Hudson was English -Found the river that now bears his name, the Hudson River. Sailed north of the Hudson river all the way to present day Albany, New York. -
Henry Hudson:Sponsored by England
-Henry Hudson was English -Found the river that now bears his name, the Hudson River. -Found present day Hudson Bay, when he thought he was in the pacific -When the crew rebelled they sent Hudson, his son, and a few sailors out on a small boat, never to be seen again. -
Louis Joliet: Fur Trader
Was hoping to find precious metals Realized that the Mississippi flowed south into the golf of Mexico rather than the west of the pacific. -
Jacques Marquette:Preist
Was hoping to find precious metals Realized that the Mississippi flowed south into the golf of Mexico rather than the west of the pacific. -
Robert Cavelier de La Salle
Followed the Mississippi river all the way to the Gulf of Mexico. He claimed the region for France and named it Louisiana after Louis XIV
