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Jan 1, 1000
Leif Ericson
This Norse explorer founded Labrador Peninsula and Vinland. -
Jan 1, 1271
Marco Polo
This Italian explorer brought back stories of spices, coal, and paper money when he came back from his travel in Asia. -
Jan 1, 1400
Prince Henry the navigator
This Portugese navigator made advances that would help make exploration more successful. -
Jan 1, 1488
Bartholomeu Dias
This Portugese man found the cape of good hope. -
Jan 1, 1492
Christopher Columbus
This Italian explorer found the bahamas. -
Jan 1, 1497
Vasco Da Gama
This portugese explorer won the european rce for the sea route to Asia for Portugal. -
Jan 1, 1497
John Cabot
This Italian explorer traveled along the coast of present day new found land. -
Jan 1, 1500
Sir Francis Drake
This english privateer raided spanish treasure ships and succeded. -
May 20, 1501
Amerigo Vespucci
This italian man made a spanish fleet to the coast of present day South America. -
Jan 1, 1512
Juan Ponce de Leon
This spanish man discovered the coast of Florida. -
Jan 1, 1513
Vasco de Balboa
This spanish man found the pacific ocean. -
Jan 1, 1519
Hernando Cortez
This spanish guy sailed to present day Mexico. -
Jan 1, 1522
Ferdinand Magellan
This portugese guy was the first explorer to circumnavigate the globe. -
Jan 1, 1524
Giovanni da Verrazano
This italian man sailed along the coast of North Carolina to Maine. -
Jan 1, 1524
Jacques Cartier
This french man sailed to Canada twice. -
Jan 1, 1534
Francisco Pizzaro
This spanish man conquered the entire Inca empire. -
Jan 1, 1540
Francisco Vazquez de Coronado
This spanish discovered the Grand Canyon. -
Jan 1, 1541
Hernando de Soto
This spanish man discovered the Mississippi river. -
Jan 1, 1550
Robert de La Salle
This french man claimed the Mississippi Valley for King Louis XIV and named it Louisiana to honor him. -
Samuel de Champlain
This french man founded the colony Quebec along the Saint Lawrence river. -
Henry Hudson
This english man sailed to present day New York. -
Father Marquette and Louis Joliet
These french men traveled down the Mississippi river to Arkansas.
