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1000
Viking- Leif Eriksson
First European to get to North America -
1488
Bartolomeu dias sailed for Pourtagual
He was the first on to find the bottom of africa -
1492
The first trip of Christoper Columbus
His first trip to North America but he beleived he reached Asia -
1493
Christoper Coulumbus sailed for spain
Christoper columbus sailed across the ocean for a second time. -
1497
Vasco da gama
1st to go around Africa to Asia -
1497
John Cabot- Italian explorer
Searched for the Northern passege to Asia. -
1498
Christoper Columbus sailed for spain
Christoper columbus sailed across the ocean for the thrid time. -
1499
Amerigo Vespucci- Sailed for Spain
Sailed amoung S. America. He took such good notes about the coast that mapmakers were convinced this was not Asia and named the land America in his honor. -
1500
Pedro Alavers Cabral Sailed for pourtagual
On his way around Africa he lands in Brazil. -
1502
Christoper Columbus sailed for spain
Christoper columbus sailed across the ocean for the 4th time. -
1513
Vasco Nunez Day Balboia sailed for Spain
He travels through central America and finds the pacific Ocean as the first European to do it. -
1513
Juan Ponce de Leon-sailed for Spain
Explored Florida looking for "fountain of youth". -
1519
Hernando Cortes- spainish conquistador
He explored Mexico and conqured the Aztec. -
Period: 1519 to 1522
Ferdinand magellan- sailed for Spain
The first European to circumnavigate the globe. -
1524
Giovanni de Varrazano- Italian/French explorer
He looked for the northern passage but just went down north america. -
Period: 1528 to 1536
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca- spainish sailer
explor American Southwest looking for 7 cities of gold. -
1532
Francisco Pizarro-sailed for Spain
Explored the Andes and conquered the Inca Empire. -
1535
Jaques Cartier-French explorer
Went down the st.Lawrence river looking for the pacific but never found it. -
Period: 1539 to 1542
Hernando de Soto-sailed for Spain
explored Florida and North Carolina and discovers Mississippi. -
Period: 1540 to 1542
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado-sailed for Spain
he looks for the 7 cities of gold but discovers the Grand Canyon. -
1542
Juan Cabrillo-sailed for Spain
First spainish explorer to reach California. -
Hennry Hudson- Dutch explorer
He sailed the Hudson river serching for India but never found it. -
Hennry Hudson- Dutch explorer
He found the Hudson bay which he thought was the pacific and keept exploring and died. -
Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette-french explorers
They canoed down the Missisppi looking for the Pacific but only found the Gulf of Mexico -
Robert Cavelier de La Salle-French explorer
He went up the Missisippi into Canada
