Explorers Of The "New World"

Bartolomeu Dias

Mar 12, 1488

Bartolomeu Dias sails to the tip of Africa.

Christopher Columbus

Nov 21, 1492

Christopher Columbus landed in what later came to be known as, "Americas" or part of Cuba.

Amerigo_Vespucci

Jan 1, 1507

This man was known to be a map maker, and his name was taken for the name of modern day America.

Vasco Núñez de Balboa

Jan 1, 1513

First European explorer to reach the pacific ocean.

Hernán Cortés

Mar 1, 1519

This Conquestador happend to sail to tenochtitlan To deafet Emperor Montazuma with advanced weoponary and dieses. Like Pazzaro he also escaped with gold, but a little less then him.

Ferdinand Magellan

Aug 10, 1519

Ferdinand Magellan is the first to expedition to circumnavigate (around the world).

Francisco Pizarro

Sep 13, 1524

Francisco Pizarro landed in Peru and met with the incas, wages war, wins and takes gold and spoils.