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1000
Liel Erickson viking
!st European to reach N.America -
1487
Bartolomeu Dias -sailed for Portugal
sailed from portugal southward made it to the bottom of africa -
1492
Christoper Columbus- Sailed for spain
Sailed to North America , across the Atlantic Ocean , Believed he had reach Asia/ -
1497
Vasco da Garma , sailed to portugal
!st to sailed all around africa and all the way to asia -
1497
John Cabot- Sailed Asia
He looked for a sea route to Asia in 1497 -
1498
Christopher Columbus-sailed for spain
His 3rd voyage to the Americans across the Atlantic Ocean -
1502
Christopher Columbus-sailed for spain
His 4th voyage to the Americans across the Atlantic Ocean -
1513
Vasco Nunez de Balboa-sailed for spain
He travels through central America and is the 1st European to see the Pacific Ocean (largest ocean on earth) -
1514
Juan Ponce de Leon -sailed for spain
He went looking for the fountain of Youth in modern day florida -
1519
Hemando Cortes-sailed for Spain
Went into Central America (modern day Mexico)n and conquered the Aztec -
Period: 1519 to 1522
Ferdinand Magelian Sailed for spain
!st European circumnavigate the globe -
1524
Giovanni de Varrazano -Sailed the coast of North America
Varrazano explored the coast of North American . -
1532
Francisco Pizzaro - Sailed for Spain
He went to south America and conquered the Inca Empire -
1535
Jacques Cartier - Sailed up St.Lawrance River
He discovered at mountain peak that he named Mont- Royal -
1542
Juan Carbrilio - sailed for spain
He explorers up from Mexico and goes into modern day california -
Henry Hudson-sailed North
he discovered the river that now bears his name . -
Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette- Traveled the Mississippi River by canue
One of them were A fur trader and the other one was a priest . They went to sail to look for the northwest passage -
Robert Cavelier de La Salle-Followed the mississippi all the way to The Gold of mexico
He Claimed that the region for france ,calling it louisiana in honor of louis the XIV -
Christopher Columbus-sailed for spain
His 2nd voyage to the Americas across the Atlantic Ocean
