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The Early Exploration Of The New World

By maell594
  • Sep 15, 1400

    Henry The Navigator

    Henry The Navigator
    the prince of Portugul Henry urged sea captians to explore the southward coast of Africa.He urged them to do that because he wanted them to find a route around the continetnt to the spice islands. In 1497-1498 a portuguese explorer named Vasco da Columbus found a route and sailed all the way to India.
  • Sep 16, 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    Christopher Columbus
    *He thought that you could sail west of europe to get to Asia.
    *He persuaded the king and queen of Spain to support the expedition.
    *He gave king and queen the credit for the idea.
    *He landed in the Bahamas Islands he belived to be near Asia.
  • Sep 16, 1497

    John Cobot NorthWest Passage

    John Cobot NorthWest Passage
    *King henry VII sent Cobot on a voyage to the west.
    *They thought that there was a water route through the Americas that would lead them north or west to Asia.
    *He landed on the Northern Atlantic Coast of North America porbably the island of Newfoundland.
    *Failed to find the route and later gave up on it.
  • Sep 16, 1498

    Christsopher Columbus

    Christsopher Columbus
    *Columbus reached South America
    *Still sailing for the king and queen of Spain
  • Sep 16, 1508

    Spanish Exploration

    Spanish Exploration
    *Juan Ponce de Leon was a spanish official in the new world.
    *he explored and settled the island of Puerto Rico.
    * Takeing the notice back in Spain, King Ferdinand autherized Ponce da leon to explore lands north of Cuba.
  • Sep 16, 1513

    Spanish Exploration

    Spanish Exploration
    • Juan Ponce de Leon's Expedition landed on the coast of Florida. *They sailed the east coast and through the Florida Key. *Then they crusied down along the west coast of Florida for about 100 miles. *His expediton reaveled that large tracts of land ripe for exploration lay to the north of the Caribbean Island.
  • Feb 15, 1524

    Verrazano's Expedition

    Verrazano's Expedition
    *King Francis I of France Sent Italian Naviogater Giovanni da Verrazano Westward.
    *He first landed on the north Carolina's Outer Banks.
    *He saw the pacific ocean from across the land in fact he was really looking at the Pamlico and Albemerle Sounds.
    *He went farther up the coast and explored.
    * he reaturned to France and gave a great report but the king was not to occupied with the military so he did not sponsor any more voyages.