Vespucci

European Explorers

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  • Aug 1, 1000

    Vikings

    Vikings
    Vikings were people who lived in northern Europe. They were in Europe, Canada, and Vinland. They were the first known Euroeans to discover America. They also wrote the Greenlanders Saga.
  • Aug 1, 1000

    Lief Eriksson

    Lief Eriksson
    Lief Erikkson was a viking explorerwho set sil from Greenland heading west. He was in Greenland and Vinland. He was the first viking to discover Vinland and spent many years settling the new found land.
  • Aug 1, 1000

    Vinland

    Vinland
    Vinland was an island discovered by the vikings.
  • Aug 1, 1200

    Marco Polo

    Marco Polo
    He was a trader. He wrote a book about the riches of Asia. He was in Asia and Europe. He inspired the nobles to travel to Asia.
  • Aug 16, 1400

    Prince Henry

    Prince Henry
    He was a teacher at the Navigator School he made. He taught how to make, and read maps. He lived in Portagul. He gave the Europeans courage to sail.
  • Sep 1, 1400

    Constantinople

    Constantinople
    Constantinople is an island discovered by the Europeans. It was a trading post. It later got taken over by Muzlem Turkish people.
  • Aug 1, 1450

    Bartholomeu Dias

    Bartholomeu Dias
    He was a Portagul explorer who opened trade routes to Asia and Europe over sea.
  • Aug 1, 1452

    Amerigo Vespucci

    Amerigo Vespucci
    He was a merchant and a cartoghrapher. He discovered the Americas and named them after himself.
  • Aug 1, 1460

    Vasco da Gama

    Vasco da Gama
    He was the govener of Portagul who opened a trade rute to India over sea.
  • Aug 1, 1492

    Matrin Behaim

    Matrin Behaim
    He was a cartographer and he made the first "world apple" (globe). He lived in Germany. He gave the Europeans courage to sail/
  • Aug 1, 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    Christopher Columbus
    He was an explorer who sailed to North America He was in Europe and North America. He told every one about the Americas.
  • Aug 1, 1492

    Guanahalli

    Guanahalli
    Guanahalli was the name the natives gave it. It was the island that Christopher Columbus landed on.
  • Aug 1, 1497

    Giovanni Caboto

    Giovanni Caboto
    He was an Itallian explorerand he thought he found a water route to China but he found America.
  • Aug 1, 1500

    Ferdinan Magellan

    Ferdinan Magellan
    He was a Portagesse exlorer who sailed to Atlantic Ocean. He was the first to sail through the Strait of Magellan.
  • Aug 1, 1500

    Vasco Nunez de Balboa

    Vasco Nunez de Balboa
    He was a Spanish explorer who sailed to the Pacific Ocean. He was the first Spanish explorer to reach the Pacific.