Explorers

Early exploers

Period: Sep 8, 1400 to Sep 8, 1600

Prince Henry

Sep 8, 1420

Prince Henry (Henrique) the Navigator was a protegese soldier, Royal prince and a patron for exploerers. He never went on any of the expiditions but funded a lot of them. He sent sailors to cpae blanc in 1441, cap vert in 1455, and caoe palmas in 1450-1460.

Juan Ponce de Leon

Sep 8, 1493

Juan Ponce de Leon was a spanish exploerer and soldierwho set foot on flordia first. He astablished the oldest european settlement in puerto rico. He came to the americas on columbus second voyage (1493). He didn't return to spain but stayed at santo domingo and searched for treasure like the foutain of youth.

Amerigo vespucci

Sep 8, 1501

Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer. He was the first explorer that found out the americas are seperate from Asia. He mapped out the eastern coast of south america.

Trip to the spice Islands

Sep 3, 1507

Afonso de Albuquerque was a portegese sailor who sailed to the spice islands near Japan trying to create trade oppertunities.He sailed from portagul to the tip of africa then to goa and then found the islands.

Sebastian's unsuccesful trip

Sep 3, 1508

Sebastion Cabot searched for a north western passage to north america. He had a very unsuccessful trip of going around the world

take over at Goa

Jan 14, 1510

Goa was attacked in January then in march it was claimed for portagul by Afonso de Albuquerque.

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

Sep 8, 1513

Vasco Nunez de Balboa was a spanish exploer. He was the first eastern eropean to see the pacific after crossing the panama ithmus.

Sebastians trip to South America

Sep 3, 1526

He was suppose to find a passage to the Spice islands but only got as far as Rio de la plata.

Jacques Cartier's trips to canada

Sep 3, 1534

Jacques Cartier led threetrips to explore canada in 1534, 1535, and 1541.

Trip to Cibola

Mar 15, 1558

Fray Marcos de Niza a franciscan preist traveled to mexico to visit the fabled "seven golden cities of Cibola"