Portuguese and Spanish Explorers

  • Jan 1, 1418

    Prince Henry's Navigation School

    Prince Henry's Navigation School
    Henry Started a Navigation
  • Jan 1, 1441

    Prince Henry the Navigator

    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

    Prince Henry Portuguese Sighted the Bay of Arguin
    They sighted the Bay of Arguin in 1443
  • Jan 1, 1448

    Prince Henry Bay of Arguin

    Prince Henry Bay of Arguin
    Built a Fort there in 1448
  • Aug 3, 1492

    Columbus Sets sail

    Columbus Sets sail
    He set sail across the Atlantic
  • Jan 1, 1493

    Vasco Da Gama

    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

    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

    Vasco Da Gama
    Pointed the comand of expedition
  • Jan 1, 1497

    Vasco da Gama

    Vasco da Gama
    Indroduced a all water rote from Europe to Asia
  • Jan 1, 1510

    Balboa

    Balboa
    He stowed away on a boat going to San Sebastian from Santo Domingo
  • Jan 1, 1511

    Balboa and Santa

    Balboa and Santa
    Balboa founded the first European settlement in South America
  • Jan 1, 1513

    Balboa And the Pacific Ocean

    Balboa And the Pacific Ocean
    He was the first European to see the Eastern Pacific Ocean
  • Jan 1, 1519

    Magellan

    Magellan
    The first expedition to cirrcumnavigate the world set sail by Magellan
  • Sep 6, 1522

    The end of Magellans Voyage

    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