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870
Swedish exploration
Swedish Viking Garðar Svavarsson circumnavigates Iceland. -
870
the first resident of ice land
Náttfari becomes the first permanent resident of Iceland. -
Period: 870 to 1456
The Time Line Of Exploration
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874
Ingólfur Arnarson builds his homestead in present-day
Ingólfur Arnarson builds his homestead in present-day Reykjavík. -
982
Eric discovers greenland
Eric the Red discovers Greenland. -
1002
Leif discovers North America
Leif Ericson discovers North America. -
1271
Marco goes to china
Marco Polo goes to China.Marco went to china through the silk route he went to trade gun powder for paper,spices & silk -
1418
João Gonçalves Zarco and Tristão Vaz Teixeira
João Gonçalves Zarco and Tristão Vaz Teixeira discover Porto Santo -
1419
Gonçalves and Vaz
Gonçalves and Vaz discover Madeira -
1427
Diogo de Silves
Diogo de Silves discovers the Azores. -
1434
Gil Eanes
Gil Eanes passes Cabo de Não and rounds Cape Bojador. -
1443
Nuno Tristão
Nuno Tristão passes Cape Blanco -
1444
Dinis Dias
Dinis Dias reaches the mouth of the Senegal River. -
1446
The Portuguese
The Portuguese reach Cape Verde and the Gambia River. -
1450
Prince Henry
Prince Henry the Navigator builds school for sailors. -
1453
Turkish Empire
Turkish Empire cuts off the land route for spices from Asia to Europe. Search for sea route begins. -
1456
Alvise Cadamosto and Diogo Gomes
Alvise Cadamosto and Diogo Gomes explored the Cape Verde Islands