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Mar 4, 1394
Prince Henry the navigator
Sponsored many voyages to Western Africa. -
Jan 27, 1450
Bartholomeu Dias
First European Mariner to round the southern tip of Africa. -
Jan 27, 1450
John Cabot
Discovered Cape Breton Island. -
Jan 27, 1451
Christopher Columbus
The first explorer to discover the new world in 1492. -
Mar 9, 1451
Amerigo Vespucci
Discovered Rio De Janeiro and Rio De La Plata in South America. -
Jan 27, 1474
Franciso Pizzaro
Discovered Peru and took over the Incas. -
Jan 27, 1474
Juan Ponce De Leon
Discovered Puerto Rico and Florida to find the fountain of youth. -
Jan 27, 1475
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Helped established first stable settlement in South America. -
Jan 27, 1480
Ferdinand Magellan
First to cross the Pacific Ocean. -
Jan 27, 1485
Hernandez Cortez
Overthrew the Aztecs in Mexico. -
Jan 27, 1491
Jacques Cartier
Founded Canada in his famous three voyages. -
Jan 27, 1500
Hernando de soto
Spanish explorer who lead deep expedition in the Western United states. -
Jan 27, 1510
Franciso Coronado
Large expedition from Mexico to Kansas to Southwestern America. -
Jan 27, 1554
Sir Walter Raleigh
Established a colony near Roanoke island. -
Sir Francis Drake
First Englishman to circumnavigate the globe. -
Jacques Marquette
French Missionary who saw and mapped the Mississippi river. -
Rene-Robert De La Salle
Explored the Great Lakes region, Canada, the Mississippi river, and the Gulf of Mexico. -
Louis jolliet
Explored the origin and the nature of the Mississippi river.
