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European nations settle in America

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  • Aug 3, 1492

    Christopher Columbus sets sail on his first voyage

    Christopher Columbus sets sail on his first voyage
    on August 3rd, 1492 Christopher coulombs set sail on his first of four voyages across the Atlantic ocean.
  • 1498

    John Cabot and his son explore from Labrador to cap code

    John Cabot and his son explore from Labrador to cap code
    John Cabot ans his son Sebastian Cabot explore form Labrador to cape cod
  • 1501

    Amerigo Vespucci and Italian explorer discovers new continent.

    Amerigo Vespucci and Italian explorer discovers new continent.
    Italian cartographer and explorer Amerigo Vespucci explores the Brazilian coast realizing he has found a new continent.
  • 1513

    Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León finds and names Florida

    Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León finds and names Florida
    Juan ponce de León a Spanish explorer and conquistador finds and names Florida, in search for the fountain of youth.
  • 1521

    First expedition to circumvent the globe

    First expedition to circumvent the globe
    Portuguse explorer Ferdinand Magellan sails around South America into the Pacific. His expedition becomes the first to circumnavigate the globe.
  • 1524

    Discovery of the Hudson river

    Discovery of the Hudson river
    In a French sponsored voyage Italian explorer Giovanni de Verrazano discovers the Hudson River before sailing north to Nova Scotia.
  • 1532

    Inca empire conquered

    Inca empire conquered
    In Peru, Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro conquers the Inca Empire.
  • 1536

    The seven cities of gold.

    The seven cities of gold.
    Spanish explorer Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca explores from the Sabine River to the Gulf of California. When he arrives in Mexico City he shares stories which reinforce ideas that the Seven Cities of gold exist and are located in New Mexico.
  • 1539

    search for the seven cities of gold

    search for the seven cities of gold
    french Franciscan friar Fray Marcos de Niza is sent by the Spanish governor of Mexico to explore Arizona and New Mexico in searching for the Seven Cities of Gold claiming that he has seen them upon his return.
  • 1542

    Don't like visitors

    Don't like visitors
    Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto explores Florida, Georgia, and Alabama, meets the Mississippian chiefdoms there and becomes the first European to cross the Mississippi River where he is killed by the locals.
  • 1542

    Francisco Coronado

    Francisco Coronado
    Spanish conquistador and explorer Francisco Coronado leaves Mexico City and explores the Gila River, the Rio Grande, and the Colorado River. He reaches as far north as Kansas before returning to Mexico City also searching for the seven cities of gold