the Age of Exploration

By Shutmeup
  • 1419

    Prince Henry

    Prince Henry Created navigation school in Sagres, Portugal;
    Explored the western African coastline. Mapmakers, instrument makers, shipbuilders, scientists, and sea captains gathered there for trade
  • 1488

    Bartholomeu Dias

    Bartholomeu Dias was the to round the Cape of Good Hope.
  • 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    Christopher Columbus and is searching for a quicker route to Asia, Columbus instead discovered Hispaniola. Columbus started the expedition into the New World. He had made 4 voyages to West Indies and Caribbean Islands
  • 1497

    Amerigo Vespucci

    Amerigo Vespucci Sailed to West Indies and South America
  • 1497

    Vasco de Gama

    Vasco de Gama was the First European to sail to India and around the tip of Africa
  • 1497

    John Cabot

    John Cabot Explored the shores of Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and Labrador.
  • 1513

    Vasco de Balboa

    Vasco de Balboa, a Spanish conquistador Led expedition across Panama and found the Pacific Ocean.
  • 1519

    Hernan Cortes

    Hernan Cortes Conquered the rich Aztec Empire in Mexico.
  • 1522

    Francisco Pizarro

    Francisco Pizarro, another Spanish conquistador who traveled through much of the Pacific coast of America along Peru. Conquered Incan Empire (in peru), and stole massive amounts of gold, silver, and other treasures.
  • 1524

    Giovanni Verrazano

    Giovanni Verrazano, an Italian navigator who explored the northeast coast of North America from Cape Fear, North Carolina to Maine while searching for a Northwest passage to Asia. He had also looked for a Northwest passage.
  • 1539

    Hernando de Soto

    Hernando de Soto, A Spanish explorer who sailed the Atlantic Ocean and was the first European to explore Florida and the southeastern U.S. He had also discovered the Mississippi River
  • 1540

    Fransisco Coronado

    Fransisco Coronado was the first European to explore North America's Southwest.

  • Samuel de Champlain

    Samuel de Champlain mapped much of northeastern North America and started a settlement in Quebec. Discovered Lake Champlain in 1609. Important in establishing and administering the French colonies in the New World.

  • Henry Hudson

    Henry Hudson was originally hired by the Dutch East India Company to find a trade route through the Americas to India. He failed at this but instead discovered the Hudson River, Hudson Bay, and Hudson Strait.

  • Robert de La Salle

    Robert de La Salle was sent by Kind Louis XIV to travel to the mouth of the Mississippi River and claimed it for France. At the time he had also explored Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario.