European Exploration Timeline

  • Jan 1, 1000

    Vikings reach North America

    Vikings reach North America
  • Period: Jan 1, 1300 to

    Renaissance

  • Jan 1, 1418

    Prince Henry establishes a school of navigation

    Prince Henry establishes a school of navigation
  • Jan 1, 1441

    Potuguese begin selling African slave

  • Aug 1, 1492

    Columbus sails from Spain

  • Oct 1, 1492

    Columbus reaches San Salvador

  • Jan 1, 1500

    Amerigo Vespucci sails to the Indies

    Amerigo Vespucci sails to the Indies
  • Jan 1, 1513

    Ponce de Leon visits Florida

    Ponce de Leon visits Florida
  • Jan 1, 1519

    Cortes conquers the Aztec

  • Jan 1, 1531

    Pizarro conquers the Inca

  • Jan 1, 1542

    De Verrazzano reaches North America

  • Jan 1, 1565

    St. Augustine

    St. Augustine
  • Jan 1, 1565

    Roanoke settlers move in

    Roanoke settlers move in
  • Jamestown is founded

    Jamestown is founded
  • Dechamplain sets up permanent settlement in Quebec

  • Period: to

    Hudson sails the Hudson River and discovers Hudson Bay

  • De Champlain sets up permanent settlements in Montreal

  • Mayflower Compact

    Mayflower Compact
  • Dutch built Fort Orange and found New Amsterdam