explorers

founded oldest settlement in puerto rico

Nov 3, 1493

juan ponce de leon founded the oldest settlement in puerto rico and landed in florida

first sea trip from europe to india

May 8, 1497

vasco the gama is the first explorer to make a sea trip from europe to india by going around the african continent

dont found a new continent

Dec 10, 1507

beleve that he found a new continent

first circumnavigation of the globe

Sep 20, 1519

thanks to the efforts of ferdinad magellan the first trip around the planet was made proving that the earth is round and not plane as many belived

sacagwea leads the corps expedition

Apr 7, 1805

sacagwea whith her 2 months baby helps explorers lewis and clark during their expedition through the rocky mountains to the pacific ocean and back she recived no compensation for it

lewis and clark corps expedition

Apr 7, 1806

by the appointment of thomas jefferson meriwether lewis and william clark explored more than 8000 miles with the help of sacagwea lewis recived his salary 1600 acres of land and named governor of louisiana territory

discovered of the red sea

Nov 26, 1950

jaques cousteau it was the first explorder to find the red sea

first to reach mt everest

Dec 10, 1953

it was the first to reach peack of mt everest along with fellow climber tenzing norgay

became the first man who travel space

Apr 12, 1961

it became a soviet cosmonaut who travel space yuri gagarin

first man in moon

Jul 20, 1969

neil amstrong was the first man who land in moon