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Jan 1, 1418
Prince Henry's Navigation School
Henry Started a Navigation -
Jan 1, 1441
Prince Henry the Navigator
Nuno Tristao and Antao Goncalves reached Cape Blanco in 1441 -
Jan 1, 1443
Prince Henry Portuguese Sighted the Bay of Arguin
They sighted the Bay of Arguin in 1443 -
Jan 1, 1448
Prince Henry Bay of Arguin
Built a Fort there in 1448 -
Aug 3, 1492
Columbus Sets sail
He set sail across the Atlantic -
Jan 1, 1493
Vasco Da Gama
He announced that he had successfully found a route to the Orient by sailing west across the Atlantic -
Nov 3, 1493
Columbus second expedition
On a second expedition to the New World Columbus spotted and named the island of Dominica -
Jan 1, 1497
Vasco Da Gama
Pointed the comand of expedition -
Jan 1, 1497
Vasco da Gama
Indroduced a all water rote from Europe to Asia -
Jan 1, 1510
Balboa
He stowed away on a boat going to San Sebastian from Santo Domingo -
Jan 1, 1511
Balboa and Santa
Balboa founded the first European settlement in South America -
Jan 1, 1513
Balboa And the Pacific Ocean
He was the first European to see the Eastern Pacific Ocean -
Jan 1, 1519
Magellan
The first expedition to cirrcumnavigate the world set sail by Magellan -
Sep 6, 1522
The end of Magellans Voyage
when his crew returnered only with 18 of the original crew of 270 member he was not one of the 18 who made it back