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1000
Leaf Erickson:sponsered by the country of Scandinavia
Landed on the northern cost of north america, which is present day in north america -
1488
Bartolomeu Dias: sailed for the country of Portugal
Discovering the southern trip of Africa -
1488
Padro Alarez:
He is known for finding the country of Brazil -
1492
Christoper Columbus
sailed the ocean blue -
1497
Vasco de gama
sailed all around Africa and all the way to India -
1497
John Cabot
Sailing for the English, searched for a passage to the pacific ocean -
1513
Juan Ponce de Leon
Explored present day Florida in 1513, looking for the "fountain or youth" -
1513
Vasco Nuez de Balobo
He crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean -
1519
Ferdinand Magellan
He organised the Spanish expedition to the East indies from 1519 to 1522 -
1519
Herman cortez
A conquistador who explored Mexico in 1519. Conquered the Aztec -
1520
Francisco Pizarro: Sponsored by Spain
A conquistador who explored the Andes Mountains of South America and conquered the Inca Empire -
1524
Giovanni de Varrazano
Explored the coast of North America -
1527
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
Acoompained by Estevanico and others, explored the North American Southwest -
1534
Jacques Carter
Sailed down the Saint Lawrence river all the way to present-day Montreal -
1539
Hernando de Soto
Explored Florida and North Carolina in 1539 -
1542
Fransico Vasquez de Coronado
Cont. in North American Southwest, discovered the Grand Canyon -
1543
Juan Cabrillo
Investigations of the West Coast of North America -
Henry Hudson
Led Dutch expedition to present-day New York -
Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette
traveled the Mississippi river -
Robert Cavelier de La Salle
Followed the Mississippi river all the way to the Golf of Mexico
