explorations and discoveries

By marimata19
  • Aug 12, 1535

    Jacques Cartier

    He explored the northeast part of the continent intending to find a passage to the orient, he discovered the St. Lawrence river and explored it in three voyages between the years 1535-1541
  • Aug 12, 1539

    Spanish Explorers

    "discovered" the Mississipi river which was very challenging to cross and then continued west to Texas, Hernando de Soto was the one who discovered it.
  • Aug 12, 1539

    Hernando de Soto

    Hernando de Soto explored the southeast region of North America for Spain, from 1539 to 1543 he started by exploring Florida
  • Aug 12, 1541

    French exploration

    French presence remained small compared to the spanish and english. Its influence on different societies was very definitive, its explorers persued the continents more deeply than any other and it resulted in trade routes and Indian relationships that survived into the 1800's
  • Aug 12, 1543

    600 men started expedition

    Of the 600 men that started the expedition only 300 of them survived. The 300 men reached Mexico with no gold and no colony. Some of the explorers were Hernando de Soto, Francisco Coronado,
  • Aug 12, 1570

    Spanish Explorers gain Territories

    Although the spanish explorers failed to achieve thier immediate goals, they claimed vast territories for Spain that would define its relationship with Indians and its European rivals for the next two centuries.
  • Aug 12, 1580

    English Navigators

    By the 1580's english navigators were becoming anxious that their chances for North American wealth and claims were fading. Some english navigators were Francis Drake, Richard Hakluyt and others.

  • English Colonies

    By the end of the decade England had sent three expeditions to Roanoke Island on the Atlantic coast and established a colony there. This happened in 1587

  • Dutch Exploration

    The 1600's were a golden era for the Dutch, The dutch merchant fleet became the greatest in the world

  • Settlements

    Settlements were started along the Delaware,Connecticut, and Hudson rivers and also at the mouth of the Hudson.

  • Dutch seized possessions

    The dutch seized possessions of the spanish from the West indies, those islands were the foundation of what would be known as the Netherlands Antilles.