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Jan 1, 1415
Henry the Navigator
He was responsible for the early development of European exploration and maritime trade with other continents. -
Jan 1, 1492
Columbus Finds the New World
Columbus finds the New World when looking for a new trade route to India -
Jul 8, 1497
Columbus, third Voyage
Vasco da Gama led a fleet of four ships with a crew of 170 men from Lisbon. The distance traveled in the journey around Africa to India and back was greater than around the equator. -
Jan 1, 1498
Columbs' Forth Voyage
Columbus reaches Central America
People get new ideas of what the rest of the world looks like -
May 20, 1498
Vasco da Gama becomes first European to reach Inda by sea
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Jan 1, 1500
Vasco Nunez de Balboa second voyage
He traveled to the New World in 1500 and, after some exploration, settled on the island of Hispaniola. He founded the settlement of Santa María la Antigua del Darién in present-day Panama in 1510, which was the first permanent European settlement on the mainland of the Americas -
Jan 1, 1501
Vasco Nunez de Balboa Failed attempt
In 1501, he crossed the Caribbean coasts from the east of Panama, along the Colombian coast, through the Gulf of Urabá toward Cabo de la Vela. The expedition continued to explore the north east of South America, until they realized they did not have enough men and sailed to Hispaniola. -
Jan 1, 1513
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
He was the first European to lead an expedition to have seen or reached the Pacific from the New World. -
Period: Jan 1, 1519 to Jan 1, 1522
Ferdinand Magellan
He became known for having organised the expedition that resulted in the first circumnavigation of the Earth completed by Juan Sebastián Elcano. -
Sep 1, 1519
Magellan Spice Islands
Charles I was persuaded by Magellan and granted him a large sum of money to find a route to the Spice Islands by sailing west, thereby giving Spain control of the area, since it would in effect be "west" of the dividing line through the Atlantic.