-
1000 BCE
Leif Erickson: Sailed for Greenland
He sailed to Norway, came back to Greenland, then landed on North America. He North America called this land Vinland. -
Mar 4, 1395
Prince Henry Navigator
He established schools for sailors and provided financial support that enabled the Portuguese. -
1450
John Cabot
Sailed for the English and was an Italian sailor. He searched for a path too the Pacific Ocean along the coast of Canada and the Newfoundland. This became the basis of England's claim to North America. -
1450
Bartolomeu Dias
He was a nobleman of the Portuguese royal household, and was a Portuguese explorer. He sailed the southeastern tip on Africa, he was actually the first European to do this. -
1451
Christopher Columbus
He was an Italian explorer and Navigator who completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean. He opened the way from European exploration and colonization. -
Mar 9, 1454
Amerigo Vespucci
He is an Italian merchant, explorer, and navigator from the Republic of Florence. Vespucci participated in at least 2 voyages of the Age Discovery. -
1460
Vasco da Gama
He was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea. Indian Ocean and the Atlantic ocean was linked because of him. He discovered his way to India. -
1474
Juan Ponce de Leon
Explored present-day Florida in 1513, looking for the “fountain of youth.” He was a former governor for Puerto Rico. He is also the first Spanish explorer and Conquistador known for leading the first official European expedition to Florida -
1475
Vasco Nunez de Bablo
He was a Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador. He is most famous for crossing the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513. This made him the European to cross the Pacific and see a New world. -
Mar 16, 1478
Francisco Pizarro
A conquistador who explored the Andes Mountains of South America and conquered the Inca Empire. He was born in Trujillo, Spain to a poor family, but he chose to be a adventure the New World -
Feb 3, 1480
Ferdinand Magellan
He was a Portuguese who organized the Spanish east Indies. He had a voyage that was the first circumnavigation that was completed by Juan Sebastian Elcano. -
1485
Hernan Cortes
Hernan was a Spanish Conquistador.He explored Mexico in 1519 and he Conquered the Aztec, and he was the 1st Marquess of the Valley of Oaxaca. -
1490
Alavr Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
He was a Spanish explorer of the New World. He was one of four survivors of the 1527 Narvaez expedition. -
Dec 23, 1491
Jacques Cartier
Frenchman who sailed down the Saint Lawrence river all the way to present-day Montreal, claiming lands for France. He was the First to do this, and also to map this. -
Mar 13, 1499
Jaun Cabrillo
He was a Iberian maritime explorer. He was best known for investigating the West Coast of the NA. He was also undertaken behalf the Spanish Empire. Fun fact, he was the first European to discover present day California in 1542 -
1500
Hernando de Soto
He was a Spanish explorer and Conquistador who was apart of expeditions in Nicaragua and the Yucatan Peninsula. He also played an important role in the Pizarro's conquest. -
1510
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
He was a Spanish conquistador and explorer that led a very large expedition from Mexico to present day Kansas. He did this by traveling through the Southwestern United States, he went through rivers, ect. -
Aug 13, 1567
Samuel de Champlain
French colonist, navigator, cartographer, draftsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler. He made more than 20 trips across the Atlantic. He also founded Quebec an New France. -
Henry Hudson
Henry Hudson led the dutch expedition to the present day New York in 1609. -
Henry Hudson
Henry Hudson vanished in Canada and nobody knows how or why -
Rene-Robert De La Salle
He was a 17th century French explorer an fur trader in North America. He discovered the Great Lakes, Mississippi River, and the Gulf of Mexico.
