famous explorers

By amo3
  • Oct 2, 1460

    Ferdinand Magellan

    Ferdinand Magellan was born in Florence, Italy, in 1451. He began his voyage to South America in 1497. He is famous for defeating the Aztec empire.
  • Oct 1, 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    Christopher Columbus was bon in Genoa, Italy in 1451?, and died in 1506. He started his voyage to Asia in 1492. Instead of finding Asia, he found America.
  • Oct 1, 1497

    John Cabot

    John Cabot was an Italian explorer/navigator from Genoa, Italy. He explored Canada (thinking it was Asia) under King Henry the VII. He was born in 1451, and died in 1491.
  • Oct 2, 1497

    Vasco da Gama

    He was born in Sines, Portugal in 1460. He died in 1524. He started his voyage in 1497, he was trying to find a sea route to Asia, (and succeeded).
  • Oct 8, 1497

    Amerigo Vespucci

    Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer. He was born in 1454, and died in 1512. He began his voyage in 1497. He sailed to North America and thought he had reached a new land and not Asia. A German mapmaker named America after Amerigo Vespucci.
  • Oct 9, 1518

    Hernan Cortes

    Hernan Cortes was born in Spain in 1485, and died in 1547. He is famous for conquering the Aztec empire. He began his voyage in 1518.

  • Leif Eriksson

    Leif Eriksson started his voyage in 999?. Nearly 500 years before Coumbus! The Vikings were the first Europeans to reach North America, but left after a few years. Born in 970?, he was the son of Erik the Red. He died in 1020?.