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1000
Leif Eriksson
sailed off course on his way back to Greenland and landed on the North American -
1488
Bartolomeu
became the first European mariner to round the southern tip of Africa, opening the way for a sea route from Europe to Asia. Dias’ ships rounded the perilous Cape of Good Hope and then sailed around Africa’s ... -
1492
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus Discovers America, 1492. Columbus led his three ships - the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria - out of the Spanish port of Palos on August 3, 1492. His objective was to sail west until he reached Asia (the Indies) where the riches of gold, pearls and spice awaited.colubus explore for spain for king Ferdinand. -
1497
John Cabot
Explorer John Cabot made a British claim to land in Canada, mistaking it for Asia, during his 1497 voyage on the ship Matthew.King Henry VII funded him and was from England. -
1498
Vasco da Gama
da Gama is famous for his completion of the first all water trade route between Europe and India.Portuguese king and wan born in Spain. -
1507
Amerigo Vespucci
The new new land was named after Amerigo Vespucci by Martin Waldseemuller. -
1512
Ponce de Leon
Ponce de Leon discovered Florida and was funded by King Ferdinand. He was born in Spain. -
1513
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
He was the fist explore to travel across the Pacific Ocean. He was sponsored by Spain and was born in Spain -
1519
Ferdinand Magellan
He was sponsored by Spain and he voyage took him first to the new world around the southern tip of South America and into the Pacific. -
1524
Giovanni Verrazano
was an Italian explorer who charted the Atlantic coast of North America between the Carolinas and Newfoundland, including New York Harbor in 1524 he was sponsored by King Francis I of France. -
1534
Jacques Cartier
Jacques Cartier was a Breton explorer who claimed what is now Canada for France and was sponsored by, France's King Francis and was born in France -
1535
Francisco Pizarro
Lima, a city that he had founded in 1535 and to which he devoted the last two years of his life he was born in Spain -
1535
Jacques Cartier
Cartier set sail from Hochelaga (present-day Montreal) and tried to make it back to the Atlantic before ice blocked the river, he was born in France -
1539
Hernando de Soto
Hernando de Soto was given the title Governor of Cuba by the king of Spain, Carlos ... The expedition set sail for Florida .he was born in Spain -
1540
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado y Luján was a Spanish conquistador and explorer who led a large expedition from Mexico to present-day Kansas through parts of the southwestern United States he was born in Spain which was also the place that sponsored him -
1540
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado y Luján was a Spanish conquistador and explorer who led a large expedition from Mexico to present-day Kansas through parts of the southwestern United States -
1577
Sir Francisces Drake
secretly commissioned by Elizabeth I to set off on an expedition against the Spanish colonies on the American Pacific coast. He was born in Spain -
Hernan Cortez
Hernán Cortés, marqués del Valle de Oaxaca, was a Spanish conquistador who overthrew the Aztec empire and won Mexico for the crown of Spain. Was born in Spain. -
Henry Hudson
Henry Hudson made his first voyage west from England in 1607, when he was hired to find a shorter route to Asia from Europe through the Arctic Ocean. He was born in Spain
