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1000 BCE
Viking Exploration - Leif Ericcsonn
The process by which the Vikings sailed most or North America, reaching South America and East to Russia. -
Nov 2, 1400
Hernan Cortez-Conquest of the Aztecs
He led the arm of Spanish forces and Native Tlaxcalan. He captured the emperor Cuauhtemoc and Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire. -
Period: Nov 9, 1405 to Nov 10, 1433
Zheng Possibly Reaches America
Historic records show that Zheng has explored Southeast Asia, India, the Persian Gulf and the east coast of Africa. He used navigational techniques and and ships that were far ahead of their time. -
Nov 4, 1441
Prince Henry Sponsors Portuguese Explorers
He helped the Portuguese by capturing american slaves. He officially started the slave trade -
Oct 12, 1492
Columbus's
He convinced the Kind and Queen of Spain to finance his voyage. He was in command of three ships; the Pinta, the Nina, and the Santa Maria. He discovered America and found the Natives there. -
Nov 18, 1492
Middle Passage/Atlantic Slave Trade
The Middle Passage was a stage of the Triangular Trade in which millions of Africans were shipped to the new world as part of the Atlantic Slave Trade. Ships departed Europe for African markets with manufacturing goods, which were traded for purchased or kidnapped Africans. -
Nov 18, 1492
The Columbian Exchange
The Columbian Exchange was the widespread transfer of animals, plants, culture, human populations, technology, and ideas between the Americas and the Old World in the 15th and 16th centuries. Related to European colonization and trade after Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage. -
Nov 9, 1497
Vasco de Gama
He was the very first person to sail directly from Europe to India. He used a different route the Columbus went. -
Nov 10, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan
in 1519 Magellan left five ships to discover a western sea route to the Indies.On this way there he discovered the Straight of Magellan and was the first European to cross the Pacific Ocean. -
Nov 16, 1532
Francisco Pizarro - Conquest of the Incan Empire
In 1530m he returned to Panama. in 1531, he sailed down to Peru, landing at Tumbes. He led his army up the Andes mountains and on November 15, 1532 he reached the Inca town of Cajamarca, the capital of the brothers kingdom. -
Amerigo Vespucci
He was an Italian explorer, financier, navigator, and cartographer. He first demonstrated that Brazil and West Indies didn't represent Asia's eastern outskirts as initially conjectured.
