Explorer's Group Timeline - Sarah Tang, Aiden McKillop, Isabella Stuart, Angie Guerra
By Sarah.edu15
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Began his voyage. -
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) -
Ponce de Leon set sail after gathering equipment and explored islands and also found the oldest settlement of Caparra. -
Joined the Alonso de Ojeda and 300 other settlers on expedition. Off the coast of South America they started a colony. -
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. -
Ponce de Leon landed just outside of modern day St. Augustine.On his expedition he also discovered Florida and the Florida Keys. -
Magellan sets sail with five ships (Trinidad,San Antonio,Concepción,victoria, and Santiago)Sponsored by the Spanish -
He gets killed natives after fighting with them following an unsuccessful conversion -
Drake and his fleet entered the Strait of Magellan, and crossed into the Pacific Ocean it only took Drake 16 days. -
The Golden Hind left the area, and headed for home. They sailed across the Pacific Ocean. They eventually reached the Molucca Islands. -
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. -
Gets knighted by queen Elizabeth -
The search for El Dorado begins as he tries to win back the queens favor, Fails -
Led the expedition to Virginia. -
Helped established the first permanent English Colony at Jamestown.