Exploration of the New World

By nicoleeller
  • Oct 2, 1400

    Europeans Started Looking

    Europeans in the early 1400s began looking toward the seas and beyond for adventures, to spread Christianity,
  • Sep 3, 1492

    In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed to the "New World,"

  • Sep 3, 1497

    Portuguse explorer, Vasco Da Gama, found a route and sailed all the way to India.

  • Sep 3, 1497

    In 1497 King Henry VII sent John Cabot on a voyage to the west.

  • Sep 3, 1508

    Juan Ponce de Leon was a Spanish official in the New World. He explored and settled the island of Puerto Rico.

  • Sep 3, 1520

    Lucas Vazquez de Ayllo was a Spanish official who had his eyes on the mainland north of Florida.

  • Sep 3, 1539

    Herando de Soto sailed with a military expedition from Cuba to the west coast of Florida.

  • Sep 3, 1564

    A band of Hugenots, led by Rene de Laundonnier settled at Fort Caroline on the north Florida coast.

  • Sep 3, 1566

    Juan Pardo and Hernando Boyano led a small group of men to the South Carolina coast.

  • Sep 3, 1568

    Pedro Menendez de Aviles from Spain lead troops to Florida where he built a fort at St. Auguestine.

  • King Francis I of France sent Italian navigator Giovanni de Verrazano westward where he first landed on North Carolina's Outerbanks.