North Carolina Exploration

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  • Sep 15, 1492

    Columbus sets off...

    Christopher Columbus sets off westward to find Asia. He lands in the Bahamas.
  • Period: Sep 15, 1497 to Sep 15, 1498

    Vasco da Gama's Exploration

    Vasco da Gama finds a route to the Spice Islands
  • Sep 16, 1497

    John Cabbot sets off

    King Henry VII sends John Cabbot, an explorer, to find a water passage through America.
  • Sep 16, 1498

    South America

    Christopher Columbus discovers South America. Later a mapmaker called the new land "America" (after explorer Amerigo Vespucci.
  • Period: Sep 16, 1499 to Sep 16, 1550

    Columbian Exchange

    Around this time, the New World and the Old World started trading with each other. They traded food, livestock, and unintentional illness.
  • Period: Sep 16, 1505 to Sep 16, 1515

    Spanish Exploration

    Around this time, Spainiards claimed control of much of the New World.
  • Period: Sep 16, 1508 to Sep 16, 1509

    Juan Ponce de Leon's Explorations

    Juan Ponce de Leon found Puerto Rico and claimed it.
  • Sep 16, 1513

    Florida Found

    Ponce de Leon landed in Florida (Spanish for flowers).
  • Sep 16, 1520

    Spanish Reigns

    In the 1520s, Spanish was the most powerful nation in the world.
  • Sep 16, 1524

    Giovanni da Verrazano

    King Francis I had Giovanni da Verrazano. Verrazano first reached land at North Carolina's Outer Banks, but travels North afterwards.
  • Jul 16, 1526

    Lucas Vazquez de Ayllon sets off.

    Ayollon leads a group of over 500 men, women, and children to a river he called 'Jordan' (After the Jordan River mentioned in the Bible). Historians believe this was actually Cape Fear River.
  • Oct 16, 1526

    Return to Hispaniola

    Ayllon's party return to Hispaniola after sickness killed many of them, leaving 150.
  • Period: Dec 16, 1539 to Dec 16, 1540

    Hernando de Soto explores

    Soto explores Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina.
  • Period: Mar 16, 1562 to Sep 16, 1564

    French Protestants move to America

    French Protestants move to America for religious freedom, but go back home. Another group comes 1564.
  • Sep 16, 1565

    Spaniards Attack

    Spanish attack the French Protestants and kill most of them.
  • Sep 16, 1566

    Spainiards convert Indians

    Spainiards convert Indians to Christianity.