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Jan 1, 1434
Prince henry the navigator
Prince henry the navigator was a royal prince a soldier and patron of explorers. Hes was not just a one man team he sail with a farly large crew on his expoditions. -
Aug 3, 1492
Columbus first voyage
Having the king and queen of spain convinsed to pay for his voyage he set for see on Aug 3 1492. just after a little wile he had to make a quick stop for resupply he had been demanded to use the ship nina pinta and the santa maria. -
Oct 13, 1493
Columbu's Second Voyage
The second voyage was to be a large scale colonization and exploration project. Columbus was given 17 ships and over 1,000 men. -
Jun 7, 1494
Treaty of tordesillia is signed
The Treaty of Tordesillas signed at Tordesillas now in Valladolid province, Spain, 7 June 1494, divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe between Spain and Portugal along a meridian 370 Castillian leagues approximately 2,061 kilometres ... -
May 30, 1498
Columbu's third Voyage
Upon departure from Spain in May of 1498, Columbus split his fleet of six ships. Three would make for Hispaniola immediately to bring desperately needed supplies, while the other three would aim for points south of the already explored Caribbean to search for more land. -
Apr 1, 1500
Cabral reaches Brazil
Cabral and his men sighted the hump of Monte Pascoal on the coast and sailed north for three days to find a landfall near what is now Porto Seguro. -
May 11, 1502
Columbus's fourth voyage
On May 11, 1502, christpher columbus's set out on his fourth and final voyage to the New World. He had four ships and his mission was to explore uncharted areas to the west of the Caribbean. -
Jan 1, 1519
Cortes lands in mexico
It is spring, 1519. A Spanish expedition consisting of 11 ships is setting sail westward in hopes of expanding the Empire. News had reached Velasquez, the governor of Cuba had found on pervious trips -
Jan 1, 1521
Magellan's crew circumnavigates the world.
Magellan's expedition of 1519–1522 became the first expedition to sail from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific Ocean then named "peaceful sea" by Magellan; the passage being made via the Strait of Magellan, and the first to cross the Pacific. His expedition completed the first circumnavigation of the Earth. -
Henry hudson sails up the hudson river
Although Henry Hudson was not the first discoverer of the waters to which justly gave him with the formost rankings and the navigation and explorers of all time. He was very egar to find a passage and find some land and a shorter way to get there.
