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1000
Leif Erickson sails for Greenland
Leif Erickson sailed to Norway to convert King Olaf to Christianity -
1419
Prince Henry the Navigator sails for Portugal
Prince Henry the navigator sailed the coast of Africa all the way to Asia and also funded schools and programs for sailors. -
1475
Vasco Nunez de Balboa sails for Spain
Vasco Nunez de Balboa helped establish the first settlement in the South American continent. He also sighted the Pacific Ocean in a search for gold. -
1488
Bartolomeu Dias Sails for Portugal
Bartolomeu Dias was the first European to make a sea route to the tip of Africa. -
1490
Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca sails for Spain
Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca sailed with a slave named Estevanico while looking for the 7 cities of gold. -
1492
Christopher Columbus Sails for Spain
Christopher Columbus tried to find a new trade route to India but ended up finding the Americas. -
1497
Vasco da Gama sails for Portugal
Vasco da Gama also tried to find a sea route to India going around Africa. -
1497
John Cabot sails for the English flag
John Cabot was an Italian sailor that sailed for the English looking for a passage to the Pacific ocean along the coast of Newfoundland and Canada. -
May 10, 1497
Amerigo Vaspucci sails for the Spanish flag
Amerigo Vaspucci said to the new world a number of ties to bring goods back and forth. -
1510
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado sails for Spain
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado also explored the North American southwest looking for the 7 cities of gold but ended up discovering the Grand Canyon in present day Arizona. -
1513
Juan Ponce de Leon sails for Spain
Juan Ponce de Leon was a Spanish conquistador that explored Florida looking for the fountain of youth. -
1519
Hernándo Cortés sails for Spain
Hernándo Cortés was a Spanish conquistador that explored Mexico and conqured the Aztecs. -
Sep 20, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan sails for Spain
Ferdinand Magellan sail for a western sea route for the Indonesian spice islands. -
1531
Francisco Pizarro sails for Spain
Francisco Pizarro was a Spanish conquistador who explored the Andes Mountains of South America and also conquered the Inca empire. -
1534
Jacques Cartier sails for France.
Jacques Cartier sailed the Saint Lawrence river all the way to Montreal claiming it for France. -
Jun 27, 1542
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo sails for Portugal
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo was an explorer who explored the west coast of North America. -
Samuel de Champlain sails for France
Samuel de Champlain sailed for France sailed to present-day Maine and founded Quebec. -
Henry Hudson sails for the Dutch
Henry Hudson sailed a Dutch exploration to present-day New York -
Rene-Robert De La Salle sails for France
Rene-Robert De La Salle sails for France claiming the Mississippi river in North America.
