Explorers

leif erikson

Dec 9, 1000

norse explorer leif erikson,the second son of erik red is regared at the first eoropean to reach north america

marco polo

Dec 6, 1271

venetian merchand and aventured marco polo traveld from europe to asia from 1271 to 1295.he wrote 11 milione know in english as the travels of marco polo

hernan cortes

Dec 2, 1485

henan cortes marques del valle de oaxaca was a spanish coquistador who overthew the aztec empire and won mexico for the crowns of spain

chistropher colombus

Oct 11, 1492

famed italian explorer chistropher colombus discover the new world of the americas on an expedition sponsored by king ferdinand of spain in 1492

bartolomeu diaz

May 29, 1500

portuegese explorer bartolomeou diaz led the first european expedition by the cape of good hope in 1488.

Juan Ponce de Leon

Oct 19, 1500

Born in Spain in 1460, Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León led a European expedition for gold, which eventually brought him to the southeast coast of what would become the United States. He gave Florida its name and went on to become the first governor of Puerto Rico.

amerigo vespucci

Oct 26, 1507

America wasnamed after amerigo vespucci a florentine navigator and explorer who played

firstcircle amavision of the gloobe

Sep 20, 1519

thanks for the effort of ferdinand magda llendthe first trip arond the planet was mode proving that the earth was round and no plane as many belived

john smith

Oct 7, 1600

john smith was british soldier who was founder of the american colony of jamestown in the early 1600s

sacawea leads the crops expedition

Apr 7, 1805

sarawea wth her 2months baby helps explores lewis and clarlk
duringteihr expedition throght the roky mountin

lewis and clark corps expedition

Apr 7, 1805

by the aporiment of tomas jeffersonmeriwers lewis and wiliam clark

first sea trip from europe to india

Jan 1, 1901

vaco degama is

edmund hillary

Jul 20, 1919

20th century and mountainer edmund hillary was the fist one to climb the mt. everest

yuri gagarin

Mar 9, 1961

yuri gagarin who was a sovient cosmonaut in1961 was the first man to travel in the space

neil armstrong

Jul 20, 1969

astronaout,military,pilot and educator neil armstrong made history on july 20 1969 by becoming the first man to walk in the moon