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Sep 9, 1394
Prince Henry the Navigator
Built a Navigation School
Born; 1394 in Porto, Kingdom of Portugal
Became a teacher -
Sep 10, 1474
Sebastian Cabot
Searched for passages through North America.
Sailed for: Italy
Born in 1474 -
Sep 15, 1487
Bartolomeu Dias
They wanted to know if ships could reach Asia by sailing around Africa.
The first to sail around Africa.
Born in 1450 in Portugal.
Sailed for Spain -
Sep 10, 1492
Christopher Columbus
First Voyage
Sailed for: Europe
Born in 1451, Genoa, Republic of Genoa
Was looking for: A water route to Asia -
Sep 10, 1493
Christopher Colombus
Second Voyage
Sailed for: Europe
Born in 1451, Genoa, Republic of Genoa -
Sep 10, 1498
Christopher Colombus
Third Voyage
Sailed for: Europe
Born in 1451, Genoa, Republic of Genoa -
Jan 1, 1502
Christopher Columbus
His first voyage
Sailed for: Europe
Born in 1451, Genoa, Republic of Genoa -
Sep 9, 1505
Vasco De Gama
Started an Empire
Sailed for: Portugal
Born in 1519
Looking for a way to connect to Asia -
Sep 9, 1507
Amerigo Vespucci
Named America/ explored
Sailed for: Spain
Born in 1454, Florence, Republic of Florence, in present-day Italy -
Sep 15, 1513
, Vasco Balboa
Looking for: Treasure and to colonize
What he found: Pacific Ocean
Sailed for Spain -
Sep 9, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan
Found the Strait of Magellan
Sailed for: Spain
Born; 1480 in Sabrosa, Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal -
Sep 10, 1519
Hernan Cortes
Conquered the Atzecs and claimed Mexico.
Sailed for: Spain
Born in 1485 Medellín, Castile
Lookig for treasure -
Sep 10, 1520
Estevanico
Was a slave and then became an explorer of Southwestern United States.
Sailed for: Africa
Born in the 1500's -
Sep 10, 1524
Francisco Gordoma
Explored Nicaragua.
Sailed for: Spain? -
Sep 10, 1524
Giovanni Verrazzano
Explored the northeast coast of North America
Sailed for France
Born: 1485, Greve in Chianti, Italy -
Sep 10, 1530
Hernando De Soto
First to explore Florida
Sailed For; Spain -
Sep 9, 1533
Francisco Pizarro
Explored Southern U.S. States
Sailed For; Spain/Peru
Born: 1471 Trujillo, Crown of Castile -
Sep 10, 1577
Francis Drake
Second person to voyage around the world. Ended in 1580
Sailed For England
Born: Tavistock, Devon, United Kingdom -
Walter Raleigh
Voyages to North and South America.
Sailed for England?
Born in 1552 in Devon, England -
Henry Hudson
Explored parts of the Arctic Ocean and northeastern North America.
Sailed for England
Born in England
Looked for a water passage-- found the Hudson River -
James Cook
First voyage to Tahiti
Sailed for England.
Born in 1728
Mapped New Zealand -
James Cook
Second expedition to Antarctica and to Easter Island.
Sailed for England.
Born in 1728 -
James Cook
Last expedition to was a search for a Northwest Passage across North America to Asia.
Sailed for England.
Born in 1728
