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Jan 1, 1000
Leif Ericsson
Ericson was born in IceLand in 980?
He was the son of the explorer Eric the Red.
He sailed for North America andhe did complete his goal by completing the trip there and touching the land.
They made it back to Greenland in the spring of 1002. -
Sep 9, 1418
Henry the Navigator
Henry the Navigator : 3 Son of king John the 1
Born in portugal in 1394
Was a royal prince,soldier, and patron of explorer.
Portugal and in 1420
He was looking to get portugal wealth and spread christianity.
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Jan 1, 1487
Bartolomeu Dias
Born in 1457.
He sailed around the tip of africa on his was sailed by south america when he was going around the south tip of Africa he waslost at sea died on his own voyage.
Unsuccessful -
Aug 3, 1492
Christopher Columbus
He was a Italian explorer born in 1450.
He sailed for Spain.
Columbous was sailing to find a way to sail west to India.
He was uncessful in a way finding only peices of north and south america.
Succsessful -
Sep 25, 1493
Christopher Columbous's Second Voyage
He was a Italian explorer born in 1450.
He sailed for Spain.
Columbous sailed with 17 ships and 1,200 to 1,500 men to find gold and capture Indians as slaves .
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Jun 24, 1497
John Cabot
John Cabot was Italian born in 1450.
He moved to england in 1495.
At the request of King Henry VII of England, John Cabot sailed to Canada in 1497, He commanding the small ship called "Matthew.
The mission's purpose was to search for a Northwest passage across North America to Asia . Cabot was unsuccessful, although he thought that he had reached Asia. -
Sep 10, 1497
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama was born in 1460.
He sailed for portugal.
Da Gama sailed from Lisbon, Portugal, around Africa's Cape of Good Hope, to India and back to portugal in 1497-1499.
At the time this ws thought to be impossible.
SSuccessful. -
Jan 1, 1498
John Cabot second voyage
John Cabot was Italian born in 1450.
He moved to england in 1495.
On his second voyage he may have reached the Americas it is unknown.
Unsuccessful -
May 30, 1498
Christopher Columbous's Third Voyage
He was a Italian explorer born in 1450.
He sailed for Spain.
Columbus sailed farther south to Trinidad and Venezuela.
Since Leaf Ericson He was the first European to set foot on the Americans Mainland.
Succsessful.
He was successful. -
Jan 1, 1499
Amerigo Vespucci
Born on 1454.
He sailed for spain.
He was a navigator on the first trip he made mapping the mouth of the Amazon and Orinoco rivers.
On the second expedition he was the first person to ever realize the americas are seperate from india.
Successful
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Jan 1, 1500
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
1475 Vasco Nunez de Balboa was born he was a Spanish conquistador and explorer.
He sailed to Colombia South America scowering the coast for treasure and forced to abandon ship they tried to farm but was unsuccessful and he causght a ride on a ship to go to south west and when they did they killed natives took gold andclaimed the Pacificocean spains.
Successful
Successful -
May 9, 1502
Christopher Columbous's 4th Voyage
He was a Italian explorer born in 1450.
He sailed for Spain.
Columbus sailed to Mexico and Honduras also Panama.
He was successful. -
Jan 1, 1508
Sebastian Cabot
Born Italian in 1474? Sebastion Cabot was a map maker navigator.
Hired by Britian Cabot searched for the Northwest passage across North America.
He then worked for spain to sail around the world but only made it as far as riodelaplato ad then explored the river and cause of complications had to turn back and was deemed unsuccessful so he was banned for a year from spain.
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Jan 1, 1519
Hernán Cortés
Born in 1485 he was a Spanish adventurer and conquistador.
Cortés traveled inland and "discovered" Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec empire.
He then killed the emperior and tookover claiming mexico for spain and taking back big treasures.
He was successful -
Jan 1, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan
Born in 1480 Magellan was born in Northern Portugal.
He sailed for spain making a trip to go around the southern coast of south america and to the spice lands he was successful on his trip but he did not make it all the way . -
Jan 1, 1524
Hernando De Soto
In 1500? De Soto was born in the Spanish province of Extremadura.
he sailed to Nicarauga and lived there for awhile engaging in slave trade.
He then sailed to peru conquering the incas.
He then went back to Spain in 1536, and was granted the rights to conquer Florida and was named governor of Cuba in 1537.
He was then the ruler of cuba
He was succsessful. -
Jan 1, 1532
Francisco Pizarro
Born 1474
Spanish hired
He conquered the incas staeling gold and treasure.
He captured the last inca ruler and had him strangled .
He then took back treasure.
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Jan 1, 1577
Sir Francis Drake
Born on 1545he was a slave trader explorer.
He was the second person to sail around the world.
He was hired by Queen Elizabeth.
He made many stops for food and water some at settlements of spanish to steal.
He was successful. -
Sir Walter Raleigh
Born 1554 was a British explorer He was also a poet historian and soldier.
Astablished a colony on the americas east coast called virginia for the queen and was the killed by king James for treason.
He was successful -
Henry Hudson
born 1565 he was a english explorer and navigator.
The Hudson River, Hudson Strait, and Hudson Bay are named for Hudson.
Hudson was hired by the Muscovy Company in 1607, to find a waterway from Europe to Asia.
He made two trips and failed to find china.
Hudson was then hired by the Dutch East India Company in 1609.
He tried another exploration and failed but sailed into the newyork harbor and went further up river and noted the rich land.
He was unsuccessful. -
Peter Minuit
Born in 1580 was a dutch general director.
Ran the first dutch settlement in America.\
He is famous for buying a island called Manhatten for about 24 dollars.
He the went with some swedens to found newsweden in 1638 and
died that year in the indies from a hurricane while on a trade root.
He was successful
