Exploration

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  • Jan 1, 1300

    Marco polo

    Around 1300, people in Europe read of Maco Polo's travels to Gathay in China and other exiting Asian lands. The adventures he wrote about led many European's riches of Asia
  • Jan 1, 1400

    The early 1400's

    In the early 1400's, people in Europe began to look to the seas and beyond. Some longed for adventure. Others wanted to spread Christianity far and wide. Most of all, though, people wanted to find riches The age of exploration and discovery had begun.
  • Jan 2, 1400

    The search for new routes

    By the late Middle Ages, Europeans had devoloped 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.
  • Sep 3, 1492

    Columbus led his first exposition

    In 1492 Columbus led his first exposition westward. He landed in the Bahamas, islands that he believed to be near Asia.
  • Aug 8, 1497

    Vasco Da Gama

    In 1497-1498, Portuguese explorer Vasco Da Gama found such a route and sailed all the way to India.
  • Dec 6, 1497

    The Northwest Passage

    One European with such ideas was John Cabot, an Italian living in englan. In 1497 King Henry VII sent Cabot on a voyage to the West.
  • Oct 9, 1498

    Columbus and South America

    On another voyage in 1498, Columbus reached South America.
  • Nov 30, 1508

    Juan Ponce De Leon

    Juan Ponce De Leon was a Spanish official in the New world
  • Jun 5, 1513

    Juan Ponce De Leon set out with ships and crew

    In early 1513, Juan Ponce De Leon set out with ships and crew. His expodition landed on the east coast of Florida.
  • Jul 10, 1562

    Port Royal

    Ribualt's Huguenots attempted to settle near present-day Port Royal, South Carolina, in April 1562. In his report to France, Jean Ribualt told why he the colonists had chosen Port Royal.
  • Feb 13, 1564

    Rene De Laudonniere

    Despite the reportedly favorible conditions at Port Royal, the colonists gave up in 1564 and returned to France. That same year, another band of Huguenots, led by Rene De Laudonniere, settled at Fort Caroline, on the north Florida coast. Jean Ribualt brought supply ships to the fort.
  • Oct 28, 1566

    Juan Pardo and Hernando Boyano

    Juan Pardo and Hernando Boyano led a small group of men to the South Carolina coast.