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Jan 1, 1254
Marco Polo
more infoMarco and his family moved to Cambuluc (modern Beijing) in 1275. Marco became a favorite of the khan, who employed him as an adviser and a tax assessor, sending him on business to Central and N China, SE Asia, and India. For three years he apparently governed a Chinese city. He went back in Venice by 1295 and joined the Venetian forced. Getting captured and being held captured for two years Marco and a fellow prisoner wrote Rustichello of Pisa, he dictated an account of his travels. -
Jan 1, 1461
John Cabot
more infoJohn Cabot is an english explorer who sailed for America to explore the coast in 1498. The fate of the expedition is unknown, although there is presumptive evidence that it reached America and that some of its members returned. -
Jan 1, 1491
Jacques Cartier
more infoA French navigator, Jacques Cartier was sent by the King of France, François I, to the New World to discover gold and diamonds and a new route to Asia. Instead he explored what became known as Newfoundland, the Magdalen Islands, Prince Edward Island and the Gaspé Peninsula. -
Jan 1, 1540
Francis Drake
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Francis Drake was an english navigator and admiral. He was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the world. His voyage went for the year 1577 to 1580. He was knighted abord the boat, orders by Queen Elizabeth I. -
Jan 1, 1552
Walter Raleigh
more infoIn 1578, Raleigh sailed to America with explorer Sir Humphrey Gilbert, his half brother. He wanted to colonize America so he sponsored the first English colony in America on Roanoke Island but was unsuccessful. Akthough colonization failed he was credited with bringing potatoes and tobacco back to Britain, -
Jan 1, 1567
Samuel de Champlain
more infoSamuel was a French explorer and navigator who mapped much of northeastern North America and started a settlement in Quebec. He discovered a lake between New York and Vermont that is now named after him. -
Henry Hudson
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He was hired in1607 by the English Muscovy Company to find the Northeast Passage to Asia. He failed multiple times on finding the Northesdt Passage but while searching he became the first European to ascend the Husdon River. He Eventually his crew gave up the search but he continued on alone and eventually died. -
James Cook
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James Cook explored the Antarctic Ocean and the New Hebrides, visited New Caledonia, and New Zeland and Eastern Austraila. He was killed in 1778 by natives on his return visit from exploring 40 different islands of Hawaii. -
George Vancouver
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English navigator and explorer. He sailed on James Cook's second and third voyages. In 1791 he set out for the northwest coast of America and to take over the territory at Nootka. He reached America in 1792 and explored for three years. -
Leif Ericson
more infoChristopher Columbus was not the first European to discover the New World! Leif was the first to discover the new world with the Vikings, but the Vikings only made a couple of trips to explore the new world. Which in turn causes Leif's discovery to be unknown to all of Europe.
