u.s history

the colombian exchange

Jan 1, 1000

Merchants in Europe knew they would make a lot of money selling goods to Asia

Vasco da Gama

1460

Vasco de gama sailed all around Africa to India
He opened up a new trade route
Winning the European race for a sea route to Asia.
The results of the exploration is Portugal controls the trade route of Asia.

Bartholomew Dias

1488

Bartholomew Dias sailed from Portugal to Africa.he was a Portuguese explorer. he sailed around the outer most tip of Africa.he was the first European to do so.

Christoper Columbus

1492

Christopher Columbus' voyages led to new exchanges between Europe, Africa, and the Americans.
Christopher Columbus sailed across the Atlantic ocean and reached a continent.Nina Mia and Santa maria were Christopher Columbus's three ships.

John Cabot

1497

an Italian sailor. Sailing for the English, searched for a passage to the pacific ocean along the coast of Canada and Newfoundland. This became the basis of England's claim to north america.

juan cabrillo

1499

(1499 - january 1543) he was a maritime explorer best known for investigation of the west coast of n,orth america.

Amerigo Vespucci

1504

Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian merchant, explorer, and navigator from the Republic of Florence, from whose name the terms America and Americas are derived. Between 1497 and 1504, Vespucci participated in at least two voyages of the Age of Discovery

Juan Ponce de Leon

1513

explored present day florida in 1513. Looking for the fountain of youth.

vasco nunez balboa who saild for spanish

Sep 25, 1513

first European too see the east coast of the pacific ocean he started present day panama

Ferdinand Magellan

1519

Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer who organised the Spanish expedition to the East Indies. resulting in the first circumnavigation of the Earth

hernan cortes

1519

a conquistador who explored mexico in 1519. Conquered Aztec.

fransisco pizaro

1532

explored the Andes mountains of south america and conquered the Inca empire.

Jacques Cartier

1534

french sailor, sailed down the saint Lawrence river all the way to present-day Montreal, claiming lands for France.

Hernando de Soto

1539

explored north Carolina in 1539

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

1540

in the north american southwest discovered the grand canyon (in AZ).

Henry Hudson

1609

an English captain led a dutch expedition to present day new York

Henry Hudson

1611

being marooned

Rene-Robert De La Salle

1630

claimed lands among the Mississippi river and in the Mississippi valley.