Portuguese and Spanish Explorers

By cmanaic
  • Jan 1, 1420

    Prince Henry the Navigator

    Prince Henry the Navigator
    Henry the Navigator sent his first expedition to Africa in 1420 and sent many more afterward, although he did not go on any expeditions himself.
  • Jan 1, 1434

    Prince Henry the Navigator Goes Around Cape Bojador

    Prince Henry the Navigator Goes Around Cape Bojador
  • Jan 1, 1441

    Henry the Navigator Becomes Involved in Slave Trade

    Henry the Navigator Becomes Involved in Slave Trade
  • Aug 3, 1492

    Christopher Columbus Sets Sail for Japan

    Columbus begins his expedtition but thinks he is going around to Japan.
  • Oct 12, 1492

    Columbus Arrives in the Americas

    Columbus Arrives in the Americas
    Columbus comes across an island near modern day Cuba and converses with the islanders.
  • Jul 14, 1497

    Vasco da Gama's First Expedition

    Vasco da Gama's First Expedition
    Vasco da Gama first set sail in 1497 to go around Africa to get to India.
  • May 20, 1498

    Vasco da Gama reaches India

  • Period: May 30, 1498 to Oct 1, 1500

    Columbus and Crew set foot on The Mainland of America

    Expedition 3 begins in 1498, and it is on this expedition that Christopher Columbus Sets foot on America's mainland.
  • Sep 16, 1499

    Da Gama Returns

    Da Gama Returns
    After many of the crew members died of scurvy, da Gama returned to Portugal and is treated as a hero.
  • Jan 1, 1500

    De Balboa Sails to South America for the First Time

    De Balboa goes to South America to search for treasures such as pearls and gold.
  • Jan 1, 1511

    De Balboa Forms a Colony

    De Balboa Forms a Colony
    Balboa forms a colony in South America, the first European settlement in South America, called Santa Maria de la Antigua del Darien.
  • Jan 1, 1513

    Vasco Nunez de Balboa Sees the Pacific

    Vasco Nunez de Balboa Sees the Pacific
    De Balboa of Spain became the first European explorer to see the Pacific by crossing the isthmus of Panama in 1513.
  • Period: Sep 8, 1519 to Sep 6, 1522

    Ferdinand Magellan Leads the first Expedition around the World

    Magellen sets sail to travel around the world in 1519. He named the Pacific Ocean and traveled all around, making new discoveries often. He and most of the other crew members died on the expedition, and only 18 survived
  • Dec 13, 1519

    Ferdinand Magellan Makes a Stop for Supplies

    Ferdinand Magellan Makes a Stop for Supplies
    Magellan has to stop where Rio de Janeiro would be today and continues down the river.
  • Apr 21, 1521

    Magellan Joins a Fight that he couldn't Handle

    Magellan Joins a Fight that he couldn't Handle
    Magellan joins a tribe to help them defeat their rivals, the Lapu-Lapu, but was killed leading the expedition he was on.