Explorer's Group Timeline - Sarah Tang, Aiden McKillop, Isabella Stuart, Angie Guerra

  • May 18, 1499

    Amerigo Vespucci

    Amerigo Vespucci
    Began his voyage.
  • 1502

    Amerigo Vespucci

    Amerigo Vespucci
    Vespucci returned to Lisbon, Portugal then he wrote in another letter to Lorenzo Medici that the land they discovered was not an island, but a continent.(New World)
  • 1508

    Juan Ponce de Leon

    Juan Ponce de Leon
    Ponce de Leon set sail after gathering equipment and explored islands and also found the oldest settlement of Caparra.
  • 1510

    Francisco Pizarro

    Francisco Pizarro
    Joined the Alonso de Ojeda and 300 other settlers on expedition. Off the coast of South America they started a colony.
  • 1513

    Francisco Pizarro

    Francisco Pizarro
    Pizarro was Balboa’s second in command during their trek westward across Panama to discover the South Sea. Balboa, Pizarro, and their men were the first Europeans to see the Pacific Ocean.
  • Apr 3, 1513

    Juan Ponce de Leon

    Juan Ponce de Leon
    Ponce de Leon landed just outside of modern day St. Augustine.On his expedition he also discovered Florida and the Florida Keys.
  • Sep 20, 1519

    Ferdinand Magellan

    Ferdinand Magellan
    Magellan sets sail with five ships (Trinidad,San Antonio,Concepción,victoria, and Santiago)Sponsored by the Spanish
  • Apr 27, 1521

    Ferdinand Magellan

    Ferdinand Magellan
    He gets killed natives after fighting with them following an unsuccessful conversion
  • Aug 20, 1578

    Francis Drake

    Francis Drake
    Drake and his fleet entered the Strait of Magellan, and crossed into the Pacific Ocean it only took Drake 16 days.
  • Jul 23, 1579

    Francis Drake

    Francis Drake
    The Golden Hind left the area, and headed for home. They sailed across the Pacific Ocean. They eventually reached the Molucca Islands.
  • Sep 26, 1580

    Francis Drake

    Francis Drake
    After almost three years sailing around the world, the Golden Hind reached England. He was the second person to circumnavigate the world, but the first Englishman to do it.
  • Sir Walter Raeleigh

    Sir Walter Raeleigh
    Gets knighted by queen Elizabeth
  • Sir Walter Raleigh

    Sir Walter Raleigh
    The search for El Dorado begins as he tries to win back the queens favor, Fails
  • Christopher Newport

    Christopher Newport
    Led the expedition to Virginia.
  • Christopher Newport

    Christopher Newport
    Helped established the first permanent English Colony at Jamestown.