The Early Exploration

By cassiegilbert
  • Sep 3, 1400

    Began to Explore

    Began looking at at seas and beyond
  • Sep 3, 1497

    Vasco da Gama

    vaco da Gama found such a route and sailed all the way to India
  • Sep 3, 1498

    Clumbus found South America

    Cloumbus reached South America and later was named America and the name stuck.
  • Sep 3, 1500

    Spain was conquering

    Spain was taking over South and Central America and many Caaribean Islands encluding Cuba and Hispaniola.
  • Sep 3, 1508

    Junan ponce de leon explored

    Juan once de Leon explored and settled the island of Puerto Rico. Then when he went back to spain he was order to explore land north of Cuba.
  • Sep 3, 1520

    Spain

    Spain was the most powerful nation in the world. Had claimed land in the new world, and found gold and silver.
  • Sep 3, 1524

    Verranzo

    Verrazno landed on North Carolina, outer banks where he thought he saw the pacfic but was only pamlico and Albemarle sounds.
  • Sep 4, 1536

    Hernadno de Soto

    Sailed withmilitary expedition from Havana, Cuba to the west coast of Flordia. From there they Sotos marched northward to present day Flordia.
  • Sep 3, 1562

    Port Ribault

    Port Ribault attemped to settle in south carolina but went back to France.
  • Sep 4, 1566

    Cheaspeake Bay

    In 1566 a expedition set out to Cheeapeake bay from the west indes to set up a catholic mission