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Jan 1, 1400
Henry the Navigator
first explorer. -
Feb 28, 1488
Baratolomeu Dias
First European to attempt to sail around `the southern tip of Africa. -
Jun 5, 1492
Christopher Columbus
Sailed across the Atlantic to the Caribbean. -
Mar 30, 1497
Vasco da Gama
Portuguese explorer who set out for India. -
Apr 28, 1497
John Cabot
Sailed form England to the Atlantic coast of what is now Canada. -
Apr 21, 1500
Pedro Cabral
Led the second trip to India; sailed far to the west to avoid windless Gulf of Guinea -
Aug 28, 1502
Amerigo Vespucci
Sailed along the coast of South America and concluded that it was not Asia but a new land. -
Mar 28, 1513
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Led an expedition across the Isthumus of Panama for the spanish. -
May 28, 1518
Hernan Cortes
Led an Expedition to Mexico that ended with the conquest of the Aztec Empire. -
Jun 28, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan
Sailed west around the world for spain. -
Mar 28, 1524
Giovanni da Verazzano
Italian explorer sailing for france . -
Aug 2, 1530
Francisco Pizzaro
Conquistador who led an Expedition to Peru. -
Jan 14, 1534
Jacques Cartier
French explorer; sailed past the island of Newfoundland into st. Lawrence River. -
Jan 1, 1577
Sir Francis Drake
Sailed for the Englis Queen; round the tip of South America and explore its west coast. -
Samuel de champlain
Founded the city of Quebec. -
Henry Hudson
Dutch-Born sailor, sailed for england; set out North hoping to find a Northwestern passage around Europe. -
Rene-Robert La Salle
Canoed down the entire Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico
