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Jan 1, 1000
Leif Ericsson
He was born in iceland and was thought to be the first one to america -
Jan 1, 1418
Prince Henry the Navigator
He built a school of navigation -
Jan 1, 1450
John cabot
Sailed for England -
Aug 3, 1492
Christopher Columbus's first voyage
Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy in 1451. He grew up in Portugual, Spain. Years later he sailed for King Ferdinand the second and Queen Isabella of Spain. Christopher Columbus set sail for Aisa with 3 ships the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria and 90 men. On October 11 he found America but thought it was part of the west Indies so he called the natives, Indians. -
Sep 25, 1493
Christopher Columbus's second voyage
Christopher Columbus set out on another voyage with 17 ships and 1,200 to 1,500 men to get gold and slaves -
Jul 8, 1497
Vasco Da Gama
Vasco Da Gama set sail to the east -
May 30, 1498
Christopher Columbus's third voyage
On his third trip he set sail to Trinidad and Venezuela. -
Jan 1, 1499
Amerigo Vespucci
Was the one who named America -
Jan 1, 1499
Vasco Da Gama
He was born in 1460. He sailed to India from Portugal and back -
Jan 1, 1500
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
He was looking for treasure -
May 9, 1502
Christopher Columbus's fourth and final voyage
On Christopher Columbus's last voyage, he set sail to Mexico, Honduras, and Panama and Santiago. -
Jan 1, 1521
Hernan Cortez
Was born in 1485. He was a spanish adventurer -
Jan 1, 1522
Ferdinand Magellan
Was born in 1480. He sailed around the world -
Jan 1, 1524
Hernando de Soto
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Jan 1, 1532
Francisco Pizarro
He was born in 1478. He discovered the Incan empire and slaughtered everyone in it and taking there treasures -
Jan 1, 1539
Estevanico
Was born in 1500 and was a muslim slave -
Jan 1, 1553
Sebatian Cabot
Was born in 1474. He was an explorer, mapmaker, and navigator -
Jan 1, 1577
Sir Francis Drake
He took many ships -
Walter Raleigh
He was born in 1554. He lived in Britan. Lead expiditions to North and south america -
Henry Hudson
He was looking for a water way through the new world -
Jacques Marquette
Was a french preist . He and 5 others founf the mississippi river -
James Cook
Was an astromomer and was searching around the world