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1000
Lief Erickson - Viking
1st European to reach North America -
1487
Bartolomeu Dias sailed for Portugal
Sail to the bottom and found the cape of good hope
(bottom of africa) -
1492
Christopher columbus - Spain
sailed to North America, across the Atlantic ocean, believed he had
sailed to asia -
1493
Christopher Columbus - Spain
his second voyage to the Americas across the Atlantic Ocean -
1497
Vasco De Gama sailed for Portugal
1st to sail around Africa all the way to Asia -
1498
Christopher Columbus - Spain
his 3rd voyage to the Americas across the Pacific Ocean -
1499
Amerigo Vespucci - sailed for Spain
Sailed along the coast of S.America . He took such good notes about the coast that mapmakers were convinced this was not Asia and named the new land "America" in his honor -
1500
Pedro Alavres Cabral sailed for Portugal
on his way around Africa he went to wide and ended up in Brazil, south america -
1513
Vasco Nunez de Balboa sailed for Spain
He travels through central America and is the first European to see the Pacific Ocean (largest ocean in the world) -
1513
Juan Ponce de Leon - sailed for Spain
He went looking for the Fountain of Youth in modern day Florida. -
1519
Hernando Cortes - sailed for Spain
Went into Central America ( modern day mexico) and conquered the Atztec. -
Period: 1519 to 1522
Ferdinand Magellan Sailed for Spain
1st European to circumnavigate the globe. -
Period: 1528 to 1536
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
Accompanied by Estevancio ( a slave) and others, explored the North American South West looking for the seven cities of gold -
1532
Francisco Pizzaro - Sailed for Spain
He went to South America and conquered the Inca Empire -
Period: 1539 to 1542
Hernando De soto Sailed for Spain
explored Florida and North Carolina and discovered the Mississippi river
