Early Explorers

Christopher Columbus

Jan 1, 1493

Was from Italy and was going to find a route to India but landed in America

Vasco De Gama

Jan 1, 1497

was from Portuagal but traveled to India

John Cabolt

Jan 1, 1497

John Cabot was an Italian navigator and explorer whose 1497 discovery of parts of North America under the commission of Henry VII of England is commonly held to have been the first European exploration.

Amerigo Vespucci

Sep 4, 1499

Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer who first demonstrated that Brazil and the West Indies did not represent Asia's eastern outskirt

hernan cortes

Jan 1, 1511

Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro, 1st Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca was a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of mainland

Vasco Balboa

Jan 1, 1513

Vasco Núñez de Balboa was a Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador. He is best known for having crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513,

juan ponce de leon

Jan 1, 1518

Juan Ponce de León was a Spanish explorer and conquistador. He became the first Governor of Puerto Rico by appointment of the Spanish crown. He led the first European expedition to Florida, which he named

Magellan

Jan 1, 1522

Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer who organised the Spanish expedition to the East Indies from 1519 to 1522,

Giovanni Da Verrazzano

Jan 1, 1524

Giovanni da Verrazzano was an Italian explorer of North America, in the service of King Francis I of France.

lucas vazquez de ayllon

Jan 1, 1526

Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón was a Spanish explorer who in 1526 established the short-lived San Miguel de Gualdape colony, the first European attempt at a settlement in what is now the continental United States

Hernando de Soto

Jan 1, 1539

Hernando de Soto was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who led the first European expedition deep into the territory of the modern-day United States,

Pedro menendez de aviles

Jan 1, 1585

Pedro Menéndez de Avilés was a Spanish admiral and explorer from the region of Asturias, Spain, who is remembered for planning the first regular trans-oceanic convoys and for founding St. Augustine, Florida, in 1565

sir fransis Drake

Jan 1, 1596

Sir Francis Drake, vice admiral was an English sea captain, privateer, navigator, slaver, and politician of the Elizabethan era.

hernando Boyano

Sep 4, 1987

panish soldier at Santa Elena (Port Royal, S.C.), accompanied Juan Pardo on an exploring expedition