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132
armada
(ahr.mah.duh),or war fleet,or 132 ships to England. -
800
Leif Erickson
explored lands west of Greenland in about the year 1000. -
1487
Bartolomeu Dias
In 1487 Bartolomeu Dias set out from Lisbon with two small caravels and a supply ship. -
1492
Christopher Columbus
In 1492 Christopher Columbus led 90 sailors In three ships on a voyage into the the unknown. -
1497
John Cabot
England sent john Cabot an Italian,to look for a northern sea route to Asia in 1497. -
1497
Vasco da Gama
in July 1497,after much preparation,Vasco da Gama set sail from portugal with four ships,headed for Africa -
1499
Amerigo Vespucci
in 1499 Italian Amerigo Vespucci(veh.SPOO.chee) led a voyage funded by spain. -
1513
Juan Ponce de Leon
(pahn.suh day lee.OHN) made the first Spanish Landing on the east coast of present-day Florida in 1513. -
1517
protestantism
(PRAH.tuhs.tuhn.tih.zuhm), among the differences protestants
and was catholics was that protestants did not accept the leadership of the pope. -
1517
reformation
(reh.fuhr.may.shun),the movement led to a new from christianity. -
1519
Hernan Cortes
in 1519 Herman cores landed on the cost of present-day mexico. within two years.Cortes conquered the Aztec gold make Cortes and spin wealthy. -
1519
Francisco Pizarro
led an army into the Inca capital in Cusco peru. -
1520
Ferdinand Magellan
in 1520 Ferdinand Magellan ,a portuguese explorer who was sailing for spain,reached the southernmost tip of south America. -
1524
Giovanni de Varrazano
in 1524 France hired another Italian, Giovanni de Varrazano to look for northern route -
1528
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
(cuh.BAY.suh duh VAH.cuh) was part of a Spanish expedition to Florida in 1528 -
1535
jacques Cartier
in 1535 french explorer Jacques Cartier (kahr/tee/ay) sailed up the st Lawrence river. -
1540
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
(Kawr.oh.NAH.doh). His travels took him through northern mexico and present-day Arizona and New Mexico until his expedition reached a Zuni (ZOO.nee) settlement in 1540. -
1541
Hernando de Soto
an expedition to explore florida and what Is today the southeastern united states. -
1542
Juan Cabrillo
()kuh.BREE.yoh) first sighted what is now California in 1542 -
Northwest Passage
to Asia,a direct water route through the Americas. -
Tenant farmer
these tenant (TEH.nuhnt) farmers paid rent and worked for their lord for a set period each year -
Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette
in the 1670s, two french explorers-a fur trader,Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette-traveled the Mississippi river by canoe -
Robert Cavelier de La Salle
in 1682 Robert Cavelier de lasalle followed the Mississippi all the way to the Gulf of mexico