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Jan 1, 1000
Lief Erikson
He was a viking that went to Greenland, Iceland, and other places -
Mar 22, 1455
Prince Henry the Naivgator
Discovered several islands of the Cape Verde archipelago between 1455 and 1456. -
Aug 1, 1487
Bartolomeu Dias
sailed towards Portugal in 1488 -
Jul 3, 1492
Christopher Columbus
Sailed across the Atlantic Ocean and reached a continent that was previously unknown to him -
Jan 1, 1497
John cabot
searched for the passage for the pacific ocean -
May 20, 1498
Vasco De Gama
Vasco De Gama was the first European to find an ocean trading route to India. -
Jan 1, 1513
Jaun Ponce de leon
Explored present-day Flordia in 1513, looking for the fountin of youth -
Sep 1, 1513
Vasco Nunez De Balboa
crossed central America to discover the pacific ocean and he discovered it -
Jan 1, 1519
Hernanado Cortes
a conqusitador who explored mexico in 1519 -
Nov 28, 1520
Ferdinand Magellan
was the first one to go around the world (It's a lie) he did 3 quarters of the way but he died in 1519 on the journey -
Apr 20, 1534
Jacques Cartier
was the first one to sail of to different lands in France and claiming them -
Henry Hudson
led the dutch expedition to present-day New York 1609 -
Rene Robert De La Salle
lands along the mississippi river and the mississippi valley