Mummmy egypt

Time line of exploration

By Ishan Satia
  • Period: 120 BCE to 1522

    Time line of exploration

  • 120

    Prolemy creates map

    Prolemy creates map
    Ptolemy creates the first flat map of the world
  • 870

    Swedish Viking

    Swedish Viking
    Swedish Viking Garðar Svavarsson circumnavigates Iceland.
  • 870

    Náttfari

    Náttfari
    Náttfari becomes the first permanent resident of Iceland.
  • 874

    Ingólfur Arnarson

    Ingólfur Arnarson
    Ingólfur Arnarson builds his homestead in present-day Reykjavík.
  • 982

    Eric the Red discovers Greenland.

    Eric the Red discovers Greenland.
    Eric the Red discovers Greenland.
  • 1002

    Leif Ericson

    Leif Ericson
    Leif Ericson discovers North America.
  • 1271

    Marco Polo

    Marco Polo
    Marco Polo goes to China. with the silk route traded gun powder for silk ,paper ,spices
  • 1418

    João Gonçalves Zarco and Tristão Vaz Teixeira

    João Gonçalves Zarco and Tristão Vaz Teixeira
    João Gonçalves Zarco and Tristão Vaz Teixeira discover Porto Santo
  • 1427

    Diogo de Silves

    Diogo de Silves
    Diogo de Silves discovers the Azores.
  • 1443

    Nuno Tristão

    Nuno Tristão
    Nuno Tristão passes Cape Blanco.
  • 1446

    The Portuguese

    The Portuguese
    The Portuguese reach Cape Verde and the Gambia River.
  • 1450

    Prince Henry

    Prince Henry
    Prince Henry the Navigator builds school for sailors.
  • 1453

    Turkish Empire

    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
    Alvise Cadamosto and Diogo Gomes explored the Cape Verde Islands.
  • 1460

    Pêro de Sintra

    Pêro de Sintra
    Pêro de Sintra reaches Sierra Leone.