English and Spanish Exploration and Discoveries

By ivydang
  • Aug 3, 1492

    Columbus sets sail

  • Oct 12, 1492

    Columbus lands in the Caribbean

  • May 4, 1493

    Line of Demarcation is set

  • Sep 25, 1493

    Columbus set sail on his second voyage

  • Nov 3, 1493

    Columbus spotted the island of Dominica

  • Jun 11, 1496

    Columbus returned to Spain

  • Jul 30, 1496

    John Cabot returns to England

  • May 20, 1497

    John Cabot set sail for England

  • Jun 24, 1497

    John Cabot lands in North America

  • May 30, 1498

    Columbus set sail from his third voyage

  • Jul 31, 1498

    Columbus sighted Trinidad

  • May 18, 1499

    Vespucci set sail from Spain

  • May 20, 1499

    Alonso de Ojeda set sail from Spain

  • Jun 1, 1499

    Pedro Alonso Nino set sail from Spain

  • Nov 11, 1501

    Guerra returned to Spain

  • Jun 10, 1527

    John Rut set sail from Plymouth, England

  • Jul 21, 1527

    Rut arrived in Newfoundland

  • Jul 28, 1576

    Martin Frobisher sees the coast of North America

  • The East India Company is founded by English merchants