History Class

By hannahrnelson
  • Oct 20, 1271

    Marco Polo 1271-1295

    (Italy) Traveled to the Far East, to what was know then as Cathay or China- When he returned he wrote a book about his travels
  • Oct 20, 1394

    Prince Henry 1394-1460

    (Portugal) Created Navagation school in Sagres, Portugal Explored the western African coastline
  • Oct 20, 1440

    Invention of Printing Press

  • Oct 20, 1488

    Bartholoeu Dias 1487-1488

    (Portugal) First European to round the tip of Africa
  • Oct 20, 1492

    Christopher Columbus 1492-1504

    (Sailed for Spain) "Discovered" the New World
  • Oct 20, 1497

    Amerigo Vespucci 1497-1503

    (Italy) Helped map the coastline of South America
  • Oct 20, 1497

    John Cabot 1497-1498

    (Sailed for England) Explored the shores of Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and Labrador
  • Oct 20, 1498

    Vasco Da Gama 1498

    (Portugal) First to travel to India around the tip of Africa
  • Oct 20, 1513

    Vasco de Balboa 1513

    (Spain) Led expedition across Panama and found the Pacific Ocean
  • Oct 20, 1513

    Juan Ponce de Leon 1513

    (Spain) Explored Florida looking for the Fountain of Youth
  • Oct 20, 1519

    Hernando Cortez 1519-1521

    (Spain) Conquered Aztecs in Mexico
  • Oct 20, 1520

    Ferdinand Magellan 1520-1521

    (Portugal) Commanded first globe circling voyage
  • Oct 20, 1523

    Giovannia da Verranzano 1523

    (Italy) Searched for the Northwest Passage
  • Oct 20, 1523

    Francisco Pizarro 1523-1535

    (Spain) Conquered Peru
  • Oct 20, 1534

    Jacques Cartier 1534-1542

    (France) Traveled St. Lawrence River
  • Oct 20, 1539

    Hernando De Soto 1539-1541

    (Spain) Explored American Southeast- Discovered the Mississippi River
  • Oct 20, 1540

    Francisco Vazquez de Coronado 1540-1542

    (Spain) Explored American Southwest
  • Oct 20, 1577

    Sir Frances Drake 1577-1580

    (England) First English to sail around the world-Defeated the Spanish Armada-Claimed California for England

  • Samuel de Champlain 1603-1616

    (France) Explored eastern coast of North America and the the coast of the St. Lawrence River to Lake Huron-Reached Lake Champlain

  • Henry Hudson 1609-1611

    (England) Explored Hudson Bay, Hudson River, and Hudson Strait

  • Father Marquette and Louis Joliet 1672

    (France) Explored Northern Mississippi River

  • Robert LaSalle 1682

    (France) Traveled to the mouth of the Mississippi River and claimed it for France