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Period: Jan 28, 1450 to Jan 28, 1500
Bartholomeu Dias
He a nobleman of the prince of the Portuguese royal household and was a Portuguese explorer. -
Period: Jan 28, 1453 to
Prince Henry the Navigator and his school for sailors
Henry was a Portuguese royal prince, soldier and patron of explorers. -
Jan 27, 1454
Amerigo Vespucci
He was an Italian explorer and navigator. -
Jan 27, 1497
John Cabot
He was a Genoese navigator and explorer. -
Period: Jan 28, 1497 to
John Cabot
He was a Genoese navigator and explorer. -
Jan 30, 1500
Hernando de Soto
He was a Spanish explorer and conquistador. -
Jan 30, 1510
Francisco Coronado
He was a Spanish conquitador -
Jan 27, 1521
Ferdinand Magellan
He was a Portuguese explorer. -
Jan 27, 1541
Francisco Pizzaro
He was a Spanish conquistador -
Jan 27, 1547
Hernandez Cortez
He was a Spanish Conquitador -
Jan 30, 1554
Sir Walter Raleigh
He was a English landed gentleman, writer, poet, and solider. -
Jacques Marquette
He was a French Jesuit massionary -
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
He was a Spanish explorer and governor -
Juan Ponce De Leon
He was a Spanish explorer and conquistador. -
Period: to Jan 28, 1506
Columbus
He was an Italian explorer navigator, colonizer, and citizen of the republic of Genoa. -
Sir Francis Drake
He was an English sea captain, privateer, navigator, slaver,and politician. -
Luois Jolliet
He was a French Canadian explorer. -
Rene-Robert de La Salle
He was a French explorer.