European Exploration

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  • Sep 1, 1300

    Marco Polo's Travels

    Marco Polo's Travels
    People in Europe read of Marco Polo's travels to China and other exciting Asian lands.
  • May 1, 1400

    The Age Of Exploration

    The Age Of Exploration
    People in Euirope began to look to the seas and beyond. Others wanted to spread Christainity far and wide.
  • Sep 15, 1400

    Spices Of Asia

    Spices Of Asia
    Europeans had developed a taste for spices in their diets. Most spices came from islands in Asia. Because they had to be shipped halfway around the world on risky voyages, spices were costly. The Italian port City of Venice controlled this trade.
  • Aug 31, 1492

    Columbus's First Expedition

    Columbus led his first expedition westward. He landed in the Bahamas, islands that believed to be near Asia.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1497 to Jan 12, 1498

    Vasco De Gama

    A porteguese explorer named Vasco De Gama found such a route and sailed all the way to India.
  • Nov 18, 1497

    The NorthWest Passage

    King Henry VII sent Cabot on a voyage to the west. The english thought that there might be a water route through the Americas that would lead north and west to Asia.
  • Dec 17, 1498

    Columbus Reached South America

    A mapmaker labeled the new contient "America" for another explorer Amerigo Vespucci.
  • Mar 15, 1500

    Spanish Exploration

    Powerful Spain claimed many of the New World lands. Spain was taking control of much of South and Central America.
  • Period: Oct 27, 1508 to Oct 27, 1509

    Juan Ponce De Leon

    He was a spanish official in the New He explored and settled the island Puerto Rico.
  • Jan 2, 1513

    Ponce De Leon set out the ships

    His expedition landed on the East Coast of Florida, a name Ponce De Leon derived from the Spanish word for flowers.
  • Dec 19, 1524

    Verrazano's Expedition

    King Francis I of France sent Italian navigator Giovanni da Verranzo westward. Verrazano first reached land at North Carolina's Outer Banks.
  • Jul 16, 1526

    Rio Jordan Colony

    Ayllon led a group of over 500 men =, women, and children to a river called Jordan.
  • Oct 16, 1539

    De Soto's Expedition

    Hernando de Soto sailed with a military expedition from Havana, Cuba to the West Coast of Florida.
  • Apr 16, 1562

    Port Royal

    Ribaualt's Hugenots attempted to settle near present-day Port Royal, South Carolina, in April 1562.
  • Sep 16, 1562

    France and Spain Fight for Land

    France sent a a colony under the command of Jean Ribault.