18 IMPORTANT EXPLORERS!!!!

Bartolomeu Diaz

Dec 8, 1488

First european explorer who reach the extreme south of africa

christopher columbus discobered america

Oct 12, 1492

he found america by traveling in 3 boats (la niña,la pinta and la santa maria).

founded oldest settlement in puerto rico

Nov 3, 1493

juan ponce de leon founded the oldest settlement in puerto rico
and landed in florida.

Vasco de gama

Jul 8, 1497

first explorer to sall savely aroun africa to india.

firs sea trip from europe to india

Jul 8, 1498

vasco the gama is the first explorer to make a sea trip from
europe to india,by going around the african continent.

Amerigo Vespucci

May 16, 1499

Italian navigator that discovered a new world caled america.

first circumnavigation of the glove

Sep 20, 1519

thanks to the efforts of ferdinand magellan,the first trip around the
planet was made,proving that the earth is round and not plane as
many believed.

Hernando de Soto

May 12, 1522

he discovered the coast of nicaraagua and he conquered this
territory.

john smith

Jun 21, 1631

He was a soldier and marine he stablished the first british
settlement.

sacagawea leads the corps expedition

Apr 7, 1805

sacagawea,with her 2-months baby helps explorers lewis and clark during their expedicion though the rocky mountains to the pacific
ocean and back. she recived no compensation for it.

lewis and clark corps expedition

Aug 14, 1806

By the appointment of thomas jefferson,meriwether lewis and
william clark explored more than 8,000 miles with the help of
sacagawea.lewisreceived his salary,1,600 acres of land and
named governor of louisiana territory.

Hernan Cortes.

Jun 30, 1920

He was a spanish conqueror who overthrew the aztec empire.

Jaques cousteau

Jun 15, 1943

Jacques costeau was the man who discover the sea in 1943 he
used for the first time an under water masc.

Edmud Hillary

May 29, 1953

He was the first climber to rich the sumit of mount everest.

first man in outer space

Apr 12, 1961

Aboard of the vostok 1 spacecraft the soviet cosmonaut Yuri
Gagarin became the first man to travel into space.

Leif erikson

Mar 9, 1963

He was the first european to set foot in the new world for the
vikings.

First man lands on the moon

Jul 20, 1969

star ship apollo11 lands on the moon,making nail armstrong the first man that leaves hid footprint on the moon.

francisco pizarro.

Dec 3, 2015

He was a conquetor who explore central America.