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Jan 1, 1400
Christianity Spreads
During the early 1400s, people in Europe attempt to spread Christianity far and wide by traveling to distance lands through sea travel. -
Jan 1, 1490
Henry the Navigator
A Portugese prince named Henry the Navigator urged sea captains to explore the coast of Africa so that he could get a route around the continent to the Spice Islands, where are/were near India. -
Jan 1, 1492
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus is a famous explorer. He was trying to use a shorter route to Asia, but insteaded landed in the Bahamas. -
Jan 1, 1497
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama found a route, much like the route that Henry the Navigator desired and sailed all the way to India. -
Jan 1, 1497
Cabot's Quest
In 1497, King Henry VII sent John Cabot on a voyage to the West. Cabot eventually landed on the far northern Atlantic coast of North America, thought to be the island of Newfoundland. -
Jan 1, 1498
Christopher Columbus
On one voyage in 1498, Columbus reaches another continent bellow the new world, later names America for Amerigo Vespucci. -
Jan 1, 1509
Juan Ponce de Leon
Juan Ponce de Leon explored and settled the island of Puerto Rico in 1509. -
Jan 1, 1520
Lucas' Sight
Lucas Vazquez de Ayllon sees the Atlantic coastline of Florida on one of his voyages. -
Jan 1, 1524
Verrazzano's Quest
King Francis I sent Italian Giovanni da Verrazano west. -
Jan 1, 1539
Hernando de Soto
Hernando de Soto sails from Cuba to Florida. -
Jan 1, 1560
Old Rugged Cross
Pedro de Coronas marks the landing of Currituck Inlet with a wooden cross. -
Jan 1, 1562
Ribault's Quest
France sends Jean Ribault's colony to North America, -
Jan 1, 1564
Rene de Laudonniere
Rene de Laudonniere's band of Huguenot settled on the north Florida coast. -
Jan 1, 1565
Pedro's Quest
Spain sent Pedro Menendez de Aviles' troops to Florida. -
Jan 1, 1566
Juan Pardo and Hernando Boyano
uan Pardo and Hernando Boyano led a group of men to the South Carolina coast.
