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

  • Amerigo Vespucci
    May 18, 1499

    Amerigo Vespucci

    Began his voyage.
  • Amerigo Vespucci
    1502

    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)
  • Juan Ponce de Leon
    1508

    Juan Ponce de Leon

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

    Francisco Pizarro

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

    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.
  • Juan Ponce de Leon
    Apr 3, 1513

    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.
  • Ferdinand Magellan
    Sep 20, 1519

    Ferdinand Magellan

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

    Ferdinand Magellan

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

    Francis Drake

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

    Francis Drake

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

    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.