Age of Exploration Timeline (1500s-1800s) by Anita Igben, Jennifer Dao, and Julie Vo
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Portuguese explorer was 1st European to sail around southern tip of Africa & Indian Ocean, paving the way for other explorers to find sea routes from Europe to Asia. -
Columbus, an Italian working for the Spanish Monarchy, discovered the island of San Salvador — modern-day Bahamas — instead of reaching India. He would lead 3 more voyages to the Caribbean & Central America coast till 1504. -
After signing the Treaty of Tordesillas, Portugal and Spain divided the newly discovered land into two sections using a line of demarcation in the Atlantic Ocean. -
Cabot, an Italian navigator & explorer working for the English, discovered Newfoundland. -
Vasco de Gama followed the route discovered by Portuguese Explorers as they pushed farther south along the African coast, all the way to India. -
Italian-born explorer, merchant, and navigator, Amerigo Vespucci, was the 1st person to recognize North and South America as distinct continents while sailing near the tip of South America in 1501. -
A German mapmaker names the region of the New World, America and Caribbean islands are named the West Indies. -
He was a Spanish conquistador and explorer who defeated the Aztecs and claimed Mexico for Spain. -
Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese explorer, set out on September 9th to find a route to the Spice Islands, and ended up being the first European person to ever cross from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean & traveled through what is now called Strait of Magellan. He was one of the first explorers to circumnavigate the globe. -
Verrazano, an Italian navigator and French explorer, discovered the entrance of the Hudson River. -
Pizarro, a Spanish conquistador, arrives in Peru to assassinate the Inca Emperor, Atahuapla, and conquer the Incas. -
King Francis I authorized Cartier to lead a voyage to the New World seeking gold, new riches, and a new route to Asia.
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Drake was chosen as a leader for an expedition, whose course was to pass South America, through the Strait of Magellan, & explore the coast beyond that land. His expedition was successful & when he returned from the journey, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth I.
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Group of English merchants form East India Company, breaking the Spanish & Portuguese monopoly of East Indian spice trade. -
This trading company was considered as one of the 1st and most successful international cooperations, The Dutch East India Company was a trading company founded in the Dutch republic. The main purpose of the company was for trade, exploration and colonization.
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Under the leadership of Champlain, the French established trading posts at Acadia.
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Pedro Fernandes de Queirós, a Portuguese explorer, and his ship crew went to sail south in hopes of exploring a southern continent. They first sighted Espiritu Santo Island, and then his second-in-command, Luis Váez de Torres, sailed west and discovered the Torres Strait. -
England established the first permanent English settlement & colony in North America at Jamestown, Virginia. -
A French colonist, ethnologist, diplomat, navigator, draftsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, and chronicler who founded Quebec City. -
Henry Hudson, employed by the Dutch East India Company, claimed the Hudson River valley for the Dutch.
The English explorer and navigator first mapped the island of Manhattan. -
On November 20, 1620, the Pilgrims landed in New England in Plymouth to seek for religious freedom. The Pilgrims settled in Plymouth and created America's first permanent Puritan settlement. -
Holland created and established a trading outpost in present-day New York City. -
His voyage, sponsored by the West Indian Company, resulted in the discovery of Easter Island & set the stage for future voyages to the South Pacific. -
Using the Americas as a battleground, England and France fought for power and land. The war started in 1756 and ended in 1763. Britain's victory of the war helped them improve their reputation as a powerful country, and also influenced France to side with Americans during the American Revolution. -
France accepted their defeat, so after the first Treaty of Paris was signed in 1763, the British received Louisiana, Florida, and Canada. -
Captain George Vancouver, a British Navy officer, explored, surveyed & mapped the Pacific coast from Alaska to Monterey (between 1790-1795).