Globalization and Exploration Assignment

Amerigo Vespucci explores the South America Coast

1499

Vespucci was the first to realize in his travels that he had been to a new continent and challenged Columbus's beliefs that they had been to Asia. I thought this was interesting because although Columbus is who took him to the Americas he is who corrected him and helped him realize they had discovered new land.

Sir Walter Raleigh establishes Roanoke Colony

1585

I selected this event since it took 88 years after the initial voyage that stumbled across the Americas before there was a recorded attempt to colonize.