Exploration

By maddyjohnson213
  • Sep 3, 1400

    Europeans Branch Out

    "People in Europe began to look to the seas and beyond, some longed adventure, others wanted to spread christianity far and wide."
  • Sep 3, 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    Columbus led his first expedition westward. He landed in the bahamas, islands that he believed to be near Asia.
  • Sep 3, 1497

    The Search for new routes

    "Portuguese explorer Vaco da Gama found such a route and sailed all the way."
  • Sep 3, 1497

    The Northwest Passage

    King Henry VII sent Cabot on a voyage to the west. The English thougt that there might be a water route through the Americas that would lead north and west to Asia.
  • Sep 4, 1500

    Spanish Exploration

    Spain was taking control of much of South and Central America and many Caribbean islands, including Cuba and Hispaniola.
  • Sep 4, 1508

    Spanish Elxploration

    He explored and settled the island of Puerto Rico. Taking notice back in spain, King Ferdnand authorized Ponce de Leon to explore lands north.
  • Sep 4, 1513

    Spanish Exploration

    Ponce Leon set out with ships and crew. His expedition landed on the east coast of Flordia, a name ponce de leon derived from the spanish word for "Flowers".
  • Sep 4, 1520

    Spanish Exploration

    Spain was the most powerful nation in the world. Spanish explorers had claimed huge tracts of land in the New World.
  • Sep 3, 1524

    Verrazano's expedition

    King Francis I of France sent Italian navigator Giovanni da Verrazano westward. Verrazano first reached land at North Carolina's Outer Banks. Across those narrow islands he thought he saw the Pacific Ocean.
  • Oct 4, 1526

    Rio Jordan Colony

    Ayllon led a group of over 500 men, women, and children to a river he called Jordan. The 150 remaining Colonists returned to Hispaniola.