Explorers of North Amercia

Prince Henry The Navigor

Sep 14, 1418

Built a naviation school
He was a Portugal king
(1394-1460)
Porto, Portugal
Yes

Bartolomeu Dias

Sep 15, 1488

In 1488, Dias led the first European expedition to sail around Africa's Cape of Good Hope, leaving Tagus, Portugal in 1487.
Algarve, Portugal
(1457-1500)

columbus first voyage

Aug 10, 1492

Christopher Columbus sailed to spain for King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella
(1451-1506)
Genoa, Italy
No & Yes

Christopher Columbus: Second Voyage

Sep 10, 1496

sailed with 17 ships and 1,200 to 1,500 men to find gold and capture Indians as slaves in the Indies. Columbus established a base in Hispaniola and sailed around Hispaniola and along the length of southern Cuba. He spotted and named the island of Dominica on November 3, 1493.

Vasco De Goma

Sep 14, 1497

sailed from Lisbon, Portugal, around Africa's Cape of Good Hope, to India (and back) in 1497-1499. At that time, many people thought that this was impossible to do because it was assumed that the Indian Ocean was not connected to any other seas.
(1460-1524)
India
Yes

Amerigo Vespucci

Period: Sep 11, 1499 to Sep 11, 1500

On his first expedition (sailing for Spain, 1499-1500), Vespucci was the navigator under under the command of Alonso de Ojeda. On this trip, Ojeda and Vespucci discovered the mouth of the Amazon and Orinoco Rivers in South America, thinking it was part of Asia. On his second expedition (sailing for Portugal, 1501-02) he mapped some of the eastern coast of South America, and came to realize that it not part of Asia, but a New World.

Christopher Columbus: Third Voyage

May 10, 1500

On a third expedition (May 30, 1498-October 1500), Columbus sailed farther south, to Trinidad and Venezuela (including the mouth of the Orinoco River). Columbus was the first European since the Viking Leif Ericsson to set foot on the mainland of America.

Vasco nunez de Balboa

Sep 11, 1500

In 1500, Balboa sailed with Rodrigo de Bastidas from Spain to Colombia, South America. They searched for treasures (pearls and gold) along the northern coast of South America and in the Gulf of Uraba (near San Sebastian). They were forced to abandon their leaky ship in Hispaniola. The penniless Balboa tried, unsuccessfully, to farm for a living.
(1475-1519)
Jerez de los Caballeros, Spain
No

Christopher Columbus: Fourth Voyage

May 10, 1504

On his fourth and last expedition (May 9, 1502-Nov. 7, 1504), Columbus sailed to Mexico, Honduras and Panama (in Central America) and Santiago (Jamaica). Columbus is buried in eastern Hispaniola (now called the Dominican Republic).

Sebastian Cabot

Sep 14, 1508

Cabot searched for the Northwest passage across North America (1508). He began an unsuccessful trip around the world (1526-1529) in a voyage that supposed to sail to China and the Moluccas (the Spice Islands, in Indonesia), but he only made it as far as the enormous mouth of the Rio de la Plata (a river between Argentina and Uruguay in South America). Later, he began to work for the English again, searching for a water passage across the north of Asia ar
(1474?-1557?)
Bristol, United Kingdom
No

Ferdinand Magellan

Sep 14, 1519

Magellan and his friend the astronomer Ruy de Falero proposed to King Charles V (of Spain) that a westward voyage around the tip of South America would take them to the Moluccas (spice-rich islands) and avoid the Portuguese (with whom they were competing fiercely). The voyage began September 8, 1519, and lasted until September 6, 1522 (almost 3 years). Magellan sailed from Seville, Spain, with five ships, the Trinidad, San Antonio, Concepcion, Victoria, and Santia
(1480-1521)
Sabrosa, Portuga
No

Ferdinand Megellan

Sep 15, 1521

Magellan sailed to India and to the Far East many times via Africa's Cape of Good Hope. He sailed for his native Portugal, but a dispute with the Portuguese King Manoel II turned him against the Portuguese. Thereafter, he sailed for Spain.
(1480-1521)
Sabrosa, Portugal
Yes

Hernán Cortés

Dec 10, 1521

Cortes sailed with 11 ships from Cuba to the Yucatan Peninsula to look for gold, silver, and other treasures. Hearing rumors of great riches, Cortés traveled inland and "discovered" Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec empire. He then brutally killed the Aztec emperor Montezuma and conquered his Aztec Empire of Mexico, claiming all of Mexico for Spain in 1521.
(1485-1547)
Medellín, Spain
Yes

Giovanni Da Verrazzano

Sep 11, 1524

Giovanni da Verrazzano (1485-1528) was an Italian navigator who, in 1524, explored the northeast coast of North America from Cape Fear, North Carolina to Maine while searching for a Northwest passage to Asia.
(1485-1528)
Greve in Chianti, Italy
No

Francisco Pizarro

Sep 11, 1532

Pizarro landed at San Mateo Bay in 1532. After traveling through desert and snow-capped mountains, Pizarro and his men (who included Hernando de Soto) arrived at Cajamarca (in 1533), where they captured Atahuallpa, the 13th and last emperor of the Incas.
(1478-1541)
Trujillo, Cáceres, Spain
Kinda

Hernando Soto

Sep 15, 1536

De Soto returned to Spain in 1536, and was granted the rights to conquer Florida and was named governor of Cuba in 1537.
(1500?-1542)
Barcarrota, Spain

Jacques Cartier

Sep 15, 1541

Cartier sailed inland, going 1,000 miles up the St. Lawrence River. He also tried to start a settlement in Quebec (in 1541), but it was abandoned after a terribly cold winter.
(1491-1557)
Saint-Malo, France

Francis Drake

Sep 15, 1577

Drake led the second expedition to sail around the world in a voyage lasting from 1577 to 1580 (Magellan led the first voyage around the world). Queen Elizabeth I commissioned Drake to command the expedition together with John Winter and Thomas Doughty. They left Plymouth, England, on December 13, 1577, with six ships (including the Golden Hind).
(1545-1596)
Tavistock, Devon, United Kingdom

Walter Raleigh

Sep 11, 1585

In 1585, Raleigh sent colonists to the east coast of North America; Raleigh later named that area Virginia, in honour of Elizabeth, the Virgin Queen. He is often credited with bringing tobacco and potatoes from the New World to Britain, but they were already known there. Raleigh was later executed by King James I for treason.
(1554-1618)
East Budleigh, United Kingdom
No

Henry Hudson

May 10, 1607

In 1607, he sailed to Spitzbergen (an island north of Scandinavia in the Arctic Ocean) and discovered Jan Mayen Island (a tiny island off eastern Greenland).
(1565-1611)
England, United Kingdom
Yes

Peter Minuit

Sep 11, 1631

In 1631, Minuit was dismissed from the Dutch West India Company, and in 1638 headed a Swedish group that founded New Sweden (the first European settlement on the Delaware River). Minuit bought land from the Native Americans and founded Fort Christina (near what is now Wilmington, Delaware, USA). Minuit died in a hurricane in the West Indies while on a trading mission in 1638.
(1580-1638)
Wesel, Germany
Yes

James Cook

Oct 14, 1728

(October 27, 1728 - February 14, 1779)
Marton, United Kingdom
Yes

James Cook: First Trip

Period: Sep 11, 1768 to Sep 11, 1771

lasted from August 26,1768 to July 13, 1771, when he sailed to Tahiti on the Endeavor in order to observe Venus as it passed between the Earth and the Sun (this is called the transit of Venus, when Venus is visible as a small black dot moving across the Sun; the time of transit was used to calculate a more accurate distance between the Earth and the Sun). Cook was also searching for a large, southern continent that was thought to exist (but does not). Many scientists accompanied him on the voyag

Cook's second expedition

Period: Sep 11, 1772 to Sep 11, 1775

took him to Antarctica and to Easter Island on a voyage intended to show there was no large southern continent. Cook's two ships on this voyage were the Resolution and the Adventure. Again, many scientists accompanied him on the trip. A teen-aged George Vancouver was a midshipman. Cook left Plymouth, England, on July 13, 1772, and sailed to Cape Town, South Africa, and on to Bouvet Island, near Antarctica. He was the first person the cross the Antarctic circle. The two ships were separated in Fe

Cook's last expedition

Period: Sep 11, 1776 to Sep 11, 1779

was a search for a Northwest Passage across northern North America to Asia - he searched from the Pacific Ocean side of the continent. Cook sailed from England on July 12, 1776, on the Resolution. Officers on the ship included George Vancouver and William Bligh (who would later be the captain of the Bounty and have his crew mutiny).

John Cabot

Sep 11, 1978

At the request of King Henry VII of England, Cabot sailed to Canada in 1497, commanding the small ship called "Matthew." Cabot landed near Labrador, Newfoundland, or Cape Breton Island (the exact spot is uncertain) on June 24, 1497. One of John Cabot's three sons, the explorer Sebastian Cabot, accompanied him on this trip. Cabot claimed the land for England.
(1450-1499)
Italy
No

Jacques Market

Sep 15, 2015

Sailed for france
north west passage
(1637-1675)
Laon, Kingdom of France