exploration

Christopher Columbus

Sep 3, 1492

Columbus sailed to the bahamin islands in 1492 but he thought that the island were India but he was wrong.

Vasco da Gama

Sep 3, 1497

Vasco was the first person to sail around Africa and up to the spice islands in Asia that took him from 1497-1498

Juan Ponce de Leon

Sep 3, 1508

Juan explored the setteled island of Puerto Rico but instead of landing in Puerto Rico he landed on Flordia and the north carribean islands

lucas vazquez de ayllon

Sep 3, 1520

had intended to make a strong colony for Spain on the Atlantic coast

Giovanni Da Verrazano

Sep 3, 1524

Giovanni sailed to the outer banks of North Carolina as well as farther up the coast

Hernando de Soto

Sep 3, 1539

Found Tallahase Florida,went to Geoga, south carolina, and the western tip of North Carolina Soto was the first person to see these regions

Rene de Laudonniere

Sep 4, 1564

Brought a second set of Huguenots to te Americas and settled at fort Caroline also brought supply ships to the fort

Pedro Menedez de Aviles

Sep 4, 1565

set up a attack on fort Caroline and captured it from the French

Pedro de Coronas

Sep 4, 1566

after a failed mission settlement due to stom condition he and his crew landed on the outer banks and marked the land with a cross

Juan Pardo and Hernando Boyano

Sep 4, 1566

Led a small group of men into the South Carolina coast then went on nearly the same route de Soto took the discovered the Foot hills and blue ridge mountians(pic couldn't be found)