Exploration

By kacar228
  • Sep 15, 1300

    Marco Polo

    Marco Polo
    People in Europe read of Marco Polo's travels to Cathy (China) and other Asian lands. The adventures he wrote about led many Europeans to think about the riches of Asia.
  • Sep 15, 1400

    Early 1400's

    People in Europe began to look to the seas and beyond. People longed for adventure, spread Christianity, and get money.
  • Sep 16, 1450

    Henry the Navigator.

    Henry the Navigastor urged sea captains to explore southward along the coast of Africa.
  • Sep 15, 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    Christopher Columbus
    Columbus led his first Expedition. He landed in the Bahamas islands that he believed to be near Asia. He thought Asia could be reached by sailing west from Europe.
  • Period: Sep 15, 1497 to Sep 15, 1498

    Vasco da Gama

    Portugesw explore, "Gama" found such a route and sailed all the way to India.
  • Sep 16, 1497

    The Northwest Passage

    King Henry VII sent Cabot on a voyage to the west.
  • Sep 15, 1498

    South America

    South America
    Columbus reached South America in another voyage. Later a mapmaker labeled this new continet America for another explorer, Amerigo Vespucci.
  • Sep 15, 1500

    Early 1500's

    Early 1500's
    Spain was taking control of South and Central Ameerica and many Carribean islands, including Cuba and Hispaniola.
  • Period: Sep 15, 1508 to Sep 15, 1509

    Ponce de Leon

    Juan Ponce de Leon was a Spanish official on the new world. He explored and settled the island of Puerto Rico. Taking notice back in Spain, King Ferdinand authorized Ponce de Leon to explore lands north of Cuba.
  • Sep 16, 1513

    Ponce de Leon

    Ponce de Leon set out ships and crew. His expedition landed on the eaast coast of Florida a name Ponce de Leon derived from the Spanish word for "flowers".
  • Sep 16, 1520

    Spain

    Spain was the most powerful nation in the world. sPANISH EXPLORES HAD CLAIMED HUGE TRACTS OF LAND IN THE nEW wROLD. They had begun sending gold and silver back to Spain.
  • Sep 16, 1524

    Verrazono's Expedition

    King Francis I of France sent Italian navigator Giovanni da Verrazono westward. He first reached land at North Carolina's Outer Banks.
  • Sep 16, 1539

    Hernando de Soto

    Hernanhado de Soto sailed with a military expedition from Havana, Cuba to the west coast of Florida. From there Hernando de Soto soliders' marched foward toward present day Tallahassee Florida. There they spent the winter of 1539-1540 in the spring.
  • Apr 16, 1562

    Port Royal

    Ribault's Huguenots attemptesd to settle near present day Port Royal SC. I his report to France, Jean Ribault told why the colonists had cjosen Port Royal.
  • Sep 16, 1564

    Port Royal

    They gave up and returned to France. That same year a band of Huguenots led by Rene de Laudonniere settled at Fort Caroline on the North Florida coast.
  • Sep 16, 1565

    Spain

    Spain sent troops under Pedro Menendez de Aviiles to Florida.
  • Sep 16, 1566

    After Vistory at Fort Caroline.

    JuanPedro and Hernando Boyano led a small group of men to the SC coast. From there they pushed north and west on nearly the same route that de Soto had taken 25 years earlier.