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Leif erikkson
He was a viking sailor, he left sandinavyia and landed on present day candia. he was the first eroupein in north america -
1487
Bartolomeu Dias
Disovered the southern tips of africa; and he called it "Cape of Good Hope" He was sponcered by portugal. -
1492
christopher columbus
he tried to reach asia by sailing west across the alatic but he landed in the americas, and he was sponcered by spain. -
1497
Vasco da goma
he found a sea route to asia and sailed around the coast of africa all the way to india. he was sponcered by portugal -
1497
John cabot
He went to look for a northern sea route to asia. -
1498
pedral alveraz
He claimed the country of brazil in south america for portugal -
1499
amerigo vespucci
he explored the coast of south america and relised it was a seperate contenet calling it the americas. -
1513
vasco nunez de babola
he was the first eroupian to see and claim the pacific ocean -
1513
Juan ponce de leon sponcered by spain
He made the first spanish landing on the east coast on present-day Flordia. -
1519
Hernan cortes sponcered by spain
He landed on the east coast of present-day Mexico. Within two years, he conquered the Aztec empire that he had ruled the region. -
1519
Francisco pizzaro sponcered by spain
He led an army into the Inca capital in Cuzco, Peru. He soon controlled the vast and wealthy Inca empire. -
1524
Giovanni de Varra zaro
He explored the coast of north america from present-day nova scotia down to the carolinas. -
1527
Alvar nunez cabea de vaca
The Spanish conquistador Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca is shipwrecked on a low sandy island off the coast of Texas. Starving, dehydrated, and desperate, he is the first European to set foot on the soil of the future Lone Star state. He was sponsored by Panfilo de Narváez, -
1535
Jacgues cartier
He sailed up the ST. lawerance river. He discovered a moutain peak that he named Mont royal. -
1539
hernando de soto
Hernando de Soto was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who participated in the conquests of Central America and Peru and discovered the Mississippi River. He was sponserd by Pedro Arias Dávila -
1540
francisco vasquez de coranado
Though the explorers found none of the storied treasure, they did discover the Grand Canyon and other major physical landmarks of the region, and clashed violently with local Indians. With his expedition labeled a failure by Spanish colonial authorities, Coronado returned to Mexico, where he died in 1554. He was sponsored by Antonio de Mendoza -
1542
juan cabrillo
The Spanish explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo arrives in San Diego Bay while searching for the Strait of Anian, a mythical all-water route across North America. Cabrillo was not the first to search for a water passage across the North American continent, and he would not be the last. -
Henry hudson
He discovered the river that now rests to his name. He sailed north on the hudson river as far as the site of present-day Albany. -
Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette
They both travled the mississippi river by canoe. They hoped to find presious metals. When they relised that the mississippi river flowed south into the Gulf of Mexico rather then went into the paific. -
Robert cavelier de la salle
He followed the mississippi all the way to the gulf of mexico. He claimed for france calling it Louisiana of honor of Louis XIV.