Exploration of the New World

By braydengallimore
  • Apr 11, 1497

    John Cabot

    One European with such an idea was John Cabot, an italian living in England.
  • Dec 2, 1508

    Juan Ponce de Leon

    Juan Ponce de Leon was a spanish offical in the new world. In 1505-1509, he explored and settled the island of Puerto Rico.
  • Sep 3, 1520

    Lucas Vazquez de Ayllon

    One spanish offical who had his eyes on the mainland north of Flordia was Lucas Vazquez de Ayllon. He had seen the Atlantic coastline of this region on an expidition in 1520.
  • Jul 8, 1524

    Giovanni da Verrazano

    Giovanni da Verazzo wrote a report of his voyage and explorations to king Francis I of France.
  • Jul 12, 1526

    Rio Jordan colony

    In July 1526, Ayllon led a group of over 500 men, women, and children to a ricer he called "Jordan" ( for the Jordan River in acient Palestine). Historians today believe that it was acculey North Carolina's Cape Fear River
  • Nov 21, 1539

    Hernando de Soto

    The spanish wanted to knoe more about the interior or North America. Land there might have gold and silver.
  • Apr 6, 1562

    Jean Ribault

    Ribault's Huguenots attempted to settle near presant-day Port Royal, South Carolina, in April 1562. In his report to France, Jean Ribault told why the coloninst had chosen Port Royal.