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1000
Leif Ericsson
He sailed and found new day north america -
1488
Bartolomeu dias
in 1488 sailed from portugal southward made it to the bottom of africa -
1492
Christopher Columbus
he sailed and thought he located southeast china but was actually north america -
1497
Vasco da Gama
sailed all around Africa and all the way to India winning the European race for a sea route to Asia -
1497
John Cabot
he tried to find a shorter route for trading -
1499
Amerigo Vespucci
he discovered the coast of south america and discovered it was separate continents -
1500
Pedro Alvares Cabral
led an expedition to the east indies -
1501
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
he crossed the caribbean coasts from the east of panama along the colombian coast -
1513
Juan Ponce de Leon
first Spanish landing on the east coast of present day Florida -
1519
Hernan Cortes
landed on east coast of present day New Mexico -
1520
Ferdinand Magellan
he discovered the most southernmost tip of south america -
1524
Giovanni de Varrazano
explored the coast of north america -
1528
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
was part of a Spanish expedition to Florida in 1528 -
1531
Francisco Pizarro
led an army into Inca capital in Cuzco -
1535
Jacques Cartier
Sailed up the St.Lawrence River in 1535 -
1540
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
traveled through northern mexico and present day Arizona and new mexico -
1541
Hernando de Soto
led an expedition to explore Florida and what is today southeastern United States -
1542
Juan Cabrillo
first sited what is now California in 1542 -
Henry Hudson
He discovered the river that now bears his name and discovered the Hudson bay -
Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette
Traveled the Mississippi river by canoe -
Robert Cavelier de La Salle
followed the Mississippi river all the way to gulf of mexico
